diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-card.c b/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
index bb8c4d22b03e95ad53c8381a07aa9f0823a6cc96..29d2423fae6d999827c682648278366c07238a6e 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-card.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void fw_schedule_bus_reset(struct fw_card *card, bool delayed, bool short_reset)
 
 	/* Use an arbitrary short delay to combine multiple reset requests. */
 	fw_card_get(card);
-	if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_wq, &card->br_work,
+	if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_workqueue, &card->br_work,
 				delayed ? DIV_ROUND_UP(HZ, 100) : 0))
 		fw_card_put(card);
 }
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static void br_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* Delay for 2s after last reset per IEEE 1394 clause 8.2.1. */
 	if (card->reset_jiffies != 0 &&
 	    time_before64(get_jiffies_64(), card->reset_jiffies + 2 * HZ)) {
-		if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_wq, &card->br_work, 2 * HZ))
+		if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_workqueue, &card->br_work, 2 * HZ))
 			fw_card_put(card);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index aa1131d26e30a850766c13ca56749c2235199d97..b1c11775839cd6543590d98a2d482dd3b9ef769c 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static void release_iso_resource(struct client *, struct client_resource *);
 static void schedule_iso_resource(struct iso_resource *r, unsigned long delay)
 {
 	client_get(r->client);
-	if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_wq, &r->work, delay))
+	if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_workqueue, &r->work, delay))
 		client_put(r->client);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-device.c b/drivers/firewire/core-device.c
index ef900d923f1571d1e6d08ec09c6c0519767bd233..95a4714018922b52ebf484897fe7bcbd106eb318 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-device.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-device.c
@@ -725,12 +725,13 @@ struct fw_device *fw_device_get_by_devt(dev_t devt)
 	return device;
 }
 
-struct workqueue_struct *fw_wq;
+struct workqueue_struct *fw_workqueue;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fw_workqueue);
 
 static void fw_schedule_device_work(struct fw_device *device,
 				    unsigned long delay)
 {
-	queue_delayed_work(fw_wq, &device->work, delay);
+	queue_delayed_work(fw_workqueue, &device->work, delay);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
index d4c28a217b2ca0369609bddea8fba3f471139022..334b82a3542c18ddbc4c138deafdf1931068434d 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
@@ -1214,21 +1214,21 @@ static int __init fw_core_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	fw_wq = alloc_workqueue(KBUILD_MODNAME,
-				WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
-	if (!fw_wq)
+	fw_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("firewire",
+				       WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (!fw_workqueue)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = bus_register(&fw_bus_type);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		destroy_workqueue(fw_wq);
+		destroy_workqueue(fw_workqueue);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	fw_cdev_major = register_chrdev(0, "firewire", &fw_device_ops);
 	if (fw_cdev_major < 0) {
 		bus_unregister(&fw_bus_type);
-		destroy_workqueue(fw_wq);
+		destroy_workqueue(fw_workqueue);
 		return fw_cdev_major;
 	}
 
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static void __exit fw_core_cleanup(void)
 {
 	unregister_chrdev(fw_cdev_major, "firewire");
 	bus_unregister(&fw_bus_type);
-	destroy_workqueue(fw_wq);
+	destroy_workqueue(fw_workqueue);
 	idr_destroy(&fw_device_idr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core.h b/drivers/firewire/core.h
index 00ea7730c6a73ea1ba3259c6cff3bf9f89ee6e47..0fe4e4e6eda72a696596c7dbcce1a7f0f6538569 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core.h
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core.h
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ void fw_cdev_handle_phy_packet(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_packet *p);
 extern struct rw_semaphore fw_device_rwsem;
 extern struct idr fw_device_idr;
 extern int fw_cdev_major;
-struct workqueue_struct;
-extern struct workqueue_struct *fw_wq;
 
 struct fw_device *fw_device_get_by_devt(dev_t devt);
 int fw_device_set_broadcast_channel(struct device *dev, void *gen);
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
index 2aafc614ae14e05db555dab7ada9ce0adb744411..41841a3e3f99c9acd4c4fc72c972626d8dffdcee 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
@@ -826,8 +826,6 @@ static void sbp2_target_put(struct sbp2_target *tgt)
 	kref_put(&tgt->kref, sbp2_release_target);
 }
 
-static struct workqueue_struct *sbp2_wq;
-
 /*
  * Always get the target's kref when scheduling work on one its units.
  * Each workqueue job is responsible to call sbp2_target_put() upon return.
@@ -835,7 +833,7 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *sbp2_wq;
 static void sbp2_queue_work(struct sbp2_logical_unit *lu, unsigned long delay)
 {
 	sbp2_target_get(lu->tgt);
-	if (!queue_delayed_work(sbp2_wq, &lu->work, delay))
+	if (!queue_delayed_work(fw_workqueue, &lu->work, delay))
 		sbp2_target_put(lu->tgt);
 }
 
@@ -1645,17 +1643,12 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("sbp2");
 
 static int __init sbp2_init(void)
 {
-	sbp2_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(KBUILD_MODNAME);
-	if (!sbp2_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	return driver_register(&sbp2_driver.driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit sbp2_cleanup(void)
 {
 	driver_unregister(&sbp2_driver.driver);
-	destroy_workqueue(sbp2_wq);
 }
 
 module_init(sbp2_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire.h b/include/linux/firewire.h
index c0fb405bb4359996bdec76d78ab57be12476c236..5e6f42789afec7b20d6aeec2fc9e0d3f61a43caa 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire.h
@@ -449,4 +449,6 @@ void fw_iso_resource_manage(struct fw_card *card, int generation,
 			    u64 channels_mask, int *channel, int *bandwidth,
 			    bool allocate);
 
+extern struct workqueue_struct *fw_workqueue;
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FIREWIRE_H */