diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 7feac5a..9c38100 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,8 @@
 	 * low idle thresh
 	 */
 	fs_info->endio_workers.idle_thresh = 4;
+	fs_info->endio_meta_workers.idle_thresh = 4;
+
 	fs_info->endio_write_workers.idle_thresh = 64;
 	fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers.idle_thresh = 64;