diff --git a/drivers/pci/host/vmd.c b/drivers/pci/host/vmd.c
index 6088c3083194..539da102f3d7 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/host/vmd.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/host/vmd.c
@@ -671,6 +671,14 @@ static int vmd_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	struct vmd_dev *vmd;
 	int i, err;
 
+	/*
+	 * The first vector is reserved for special use, so start affinity at
+	 * the second vector
+	 */
+	struct irq_affinity affd = {
+		.pre_vectors = 1,
+	};
+
 	if (resource_size(&dev->resource[VMD_CFGBAR]) < (1 << 20))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -696,8 +704,8 @@ static int vmd_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (vmd->msix_count < 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	vmd->msix_count = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(dev, 1, vmd->msix_count,
-					PCI_IRQ_MSIX | PCI_IRQ_AFFINITY);
+	vmd->msix_count = pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity(dev, 1, vmd->msix_count,
+					PCI_IRQ_MSIX | PCI_IRQ_AFFINITY, &affd);
 	if (vmd->msix_count < 0)
 		return vmd->msix_count;