diff --git a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
index 2fbfd4c258df..53c137ac723f 100644
--- a/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
+++ b/drivers/slimbus/slim-msm-ngd.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,7 @@ static int ngd_slim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_set_suspended(dev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev->dev);
 
+	dev->dsp.nb.priority = 4;
 	ret = of_property_read_string(pdev->dev.of_node,
 				"qcom,subsys-name", &subsys_name);
 	if (ret) {