2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index a203d363184d..7bbbfebe47e4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1668,8 +1668,6 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
         init_waitqueue_head(&fs_info->scrub_pause_wait);
         init_rwsem(&fs_info->scrub_super_lock);
         fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt = 0;
-        btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->scrub_workers, "scrub",
-                           fs_info->thread_pool_size, &fs_info->generic_worker);
 
         sb->s_blocksize = 4096;
         sb->s_blocksize_bits = blksize_bits(4096);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index d5a4108cedaf..92cac19388ed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -1166,8 +1166,12 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_workers_get(struct btrfs_root *root)
         struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 
         mutex_lock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);
-        if (fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt == 0)
+        if (fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt == 0) {
+                btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->scrub_workers, "scrub",
+                           fs_info->thread_pool_size, &fs_info->generic_worker);
+                fs_info->scrub_workers.idle_thresh = 4;
                 btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->scrub_workers, 1);
+        }
         ++fs_info->scrub_workers_refcnt;
         mutex_unlock(&fs_info->scrub_lock);