diff --git a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
index 8ec74d7539eb..1ec0c3ba0be2 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static struct apple_rtkit *apple_rtkit_init(struct device *dev, void *cookie,
 	rtk->mbox_cl.rx_callback = &apple_rtkit_rx;
 	rtk->mbox_cl.tx_done = &apple_rtkit_tx_done;
 
-	rtk->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("rtkit-%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
+	rtk->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("rtkit-%s", WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
 					  dev_name(rtk->dev));
 	if (!rtk->wq) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;