diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index 89874e23e422..57e790391b82 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(write_queues,
 	"Number of queues to use for writes. If not set, reads and writes "
 	"will share a queue set.");
 
-static int poll_queues = 1;
+static int poll_queues = 0;
 module_param_cb(poll_queues, &queue_count_ops, &poll_queues, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(poll_queues, "Number of queues to use for polled IO.");