diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index 244896baf24102f43d15acf3634c1bec2d97aeb1..37608be52abd2809a02b3349146029bbf5e50d94 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int afs_open_socket(void)
 	_enter("");
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	afs_async_calls = create_singlethread_workqueue("kafsd");
+	afs_async_calls = alloc_workqueue("kafsd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!afs_async_calls)
 		goto error_0;