diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 3aca7f6171b4..c9661d8f11dc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -4357,7 +4357,7 @@ int __init c4iw_cm_init(void)
 	spin_lock_init(&timeout_lock);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&rxq);
 
-	workq = create_singlethread_workqueue("iw_cxgb4");
+	workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("iw_cxgb4", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	if (!workq)
 		return -ENOMEM;