diff --git a/src/counters.c b/src/counters.c
index b7ae4d42b1..6ffe629a6d 100644
--- a/src/counters.c
+++ b/src/counters.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,9 @@ void SCPerfSpawnThreads(void)
                    "failed");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+
+    TmThreadSetCPU(tv_wakeup, MANAGEMENT_CPU_SET);
+
     if (TmThreadSpawn(tv_wakeup) != 0) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_THREAD_SPAWN, "TmThreadSpawn failed for "
                    "SCPerfWakeupThread");
@@ -1228,6 +1231,9 @@ void SCPerfSpawnThreads(void)
                    "TmThreadCreateMgmtThread failed");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+
+    TmThreadSetCPU(tv_mgmt, MANAGEMENT_CPU_SET);
+
     if (TmThreadSpawn(tv_mgmt) != 0) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_THREAD_SPAWN, "TmThreadSpawn failed for "
                    "SCPerfWakeupThread");
diff --git a/src/detect-engine.c b/src/detect-engine.c
index c62f6f18f3..032955d076 100644
--- a/src/detect-engine.c
+++ b/src/detect-engine.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ void DetectEngineSpawnLiveRuleSwapMgmtThread(void)
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_THREAD_CREATE, "Live rule swap thread spawn failed");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+
+    TmThreadSetCPU(tv, MANAGEMENT_CPU_SET);
+
     if (TmThreadSpawn(tv) != 0) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_THREAD_SPAWN, "TmThreadSpawn failed for "
                    "DetectEngineLiveRuleSwap");
diff --git a/src/flow-manager.c b/src/flow-manager.c
index 5ada9d4a9b..89afcfc675 100644
--- a/src/flow-manager.c
+++ b/src/flow-manager.c
@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ void FlowManagerThreadSpawn()
     tv_flowmgr = TmThreadCreateMgmtThread("FlowManagerThread",
                                           FlowManagerThread, 0);
 
+    TmThreadSetCPU(tv_flowmgr, MANAGEMENT_CPU_SET);
+
     if (tv_flowmgr == NULL) {
         printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed\n");
         exit(1);