diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 55f5f0afcd0d..726adc84b3ca 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3416,6 +3416,12 @@ static void copy_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_attrs *to,
 {
 	to->nice = from->nice;
 	cpumask_copy(to->cpumask, from->cpumask);
+	/*
+	 * Unlike hash and equality test, this function doesn't ignore
+	 * ->no_numa as it is used for both pool and wq attrs.  Instead,
+	 * get_unbound_pool() explicitly clears ->no_numa after copying.
+	 */
+	to->no_numa = from->no_numa;
 }
 
 /* hash value of the content of @attr */
@@ -3583,6 +3589,12 @@ static struct worker_pool *get_unbound_pool(const struct workqueue_attrs *attrs)
 	lockdep_set_subclass(&pool->lock, 1);	/* see put_pwq() */
 	copy_workqueue_attrs(pool->attrs, attrs);
 
+	/*
+	 * no_numa isn't a worker_pool attribute, always clear it.  See
+	 * 'struct workqueue_attrs' comments for detail.
+	 */
+	pool->attrs->no_numa = false;
+
 	/* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
 	if (wq_numa_enabled) {
 		for_each_node(node) {