diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index d72cf2bb054a..286e36e21dae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,8 @@ xfs_buf_init(void)
 	if (!xfs_buf_zone)
 		goto out;
 
-	xfslogd_workqueue = create_workqueue("xfslogd");
+	xfslogd_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("xfslogd",
+					WQ_RESCUER | WQ_HIGHPRI, 1);
 	if (!xfslogd_workqueue)
 		goto out_free_buf_zone;