diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 933b8e357ee413..22e60841cb22a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -12180,12 +12180,14 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void)
 		i40e_driver_string, i40e_driver_version_str);
 	pr_info("%s: %s\n", i40e_driver_name, i40e_copyright);
 
-	/* we will see if single thread per module is enough for now,
-	 * it can't be any worse than using the system workqueue which
-	 * was already single threaded
+	/* There is no need to throttle the number of active tasks because
+	 * each device limits its own task using a state bit for scheduling
+	 * the service task, and the device tasks do not interfere with each
+	 * other, so we don't set a max task limit. We must set WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
+	 * since we need to be able to guarantee forward progress even under
+	 * memory pressure.
 	 */
-	i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1,
-				  i40e_driver_name);
+	i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0, i40e_driver_name);
 	if (!i40e_wq) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", i40e_driver_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;