diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index 6571c81465e1..8625040bae92 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ static int __init dm_bufio_init(void)
 	__cache_size_refresh();
 	mutex_unlock(&dm_bufio_clients_lock);
 
-	dm_bufio_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("dm_bufio_cache");
+	dm_bufio_wq = alloc_workqueue("dm_bufio_cache", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!dm_bufio_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;