diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
index d4200e5618d..910da911b18 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_socket.c
@@ -583,8 +583,6 @@ soaio_init(void)
 	mtx_init(&soaio_jobs_lock, "soaio jobs", NULL, MTX_DEF);
 	soaio_kproc_unr = new_unrhdr(1, INT_MAX, NULL);
 	TASK_INIT(&soaio_kproc_task, 0, soaio_kproc_create, NULL);
-	if (soaio_target_procs > 0)
-		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_thread, &soaio_kproc_task);
 }
 SYSINIT(soaio, SI_SUB_VFS, SI_ORDER_ANY, soaio_init, NULL);