diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 4aa9f5b..8068d97 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@
 static bool wq_disable_numa;
 module_param_named(disable_numa, wq_disable_numa, bool, 0444);
 
+/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
+#ifdef CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT
+static bool wq_power_efficient = true;
+#else
+static bool wq_power_efficient;
+#endif
+
+module_param_named(power_efficient, wq_power_efficient, bool, 0444);
+
 static bool wq_numa_enabled;		/* unbound NUMA affinity enabled */
 
 /* buf for wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs(), protected by CPU hotplug exclusion */
@@ -4085,6 +4094,10 @@
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq;
 
+	/* see the comment above the definition of WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT */
+	if ((flags & WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT) && wq_power_efficient)
+		flags |= WQ_UNBOUND;
+
 	/* allocate wq and format name */
 	if (flags & WQ_UNBOUND)
 		tbl_size = wq_numa_tbl_len * sizeof(wq->numa_pwq_tbl[0]);