diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index 533bd524e41e..733e4e79c8e2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ static int dlm_join_domain(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 	}
 
 	snprintf(wq_name, O2NM_MAX_NAME_LEN, "dlm_wq-%s", dlm->name);
-	dlm->dlm_worker = create_singlethread_workqueue(wq_name);
+	dlm->dlm_worker = alloc_workqueue(wq_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!dlm->dlm_worker) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog_errno(status);