diff --git a/fs/afs/flock.c b/fs/afs/flock.c
index d91a9c9cfbd0a9aa0770ad394af0c156057a8a85..3191dff2c1569f83fa63ee1761fa7931d6d771ca 100644
--- a/fs/afs/flock.c
+++ b/fs/afs/flock.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static int afs_init_lock_manager(void)
 	if (!afs_lock_manager) {
 		mutex_lock(&afs_lock_manager_mutex);
 		if (!afs_lock_manager) {
-			afs_lock_manager =
-				create_singlethread_workqueue("kafs_lockd");
+			afs_lock_manager = alloc_workqueue("kafs_lockd",
+							   WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 			if (!afs_lock_manager)
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 		}