diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index ef474cdd640479d1e9b3b48204f12dc5c6a7704f..354cdf9714aa482e80862ba1fc760a5138fa3ac7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static int __init init_dlmfs_fs(void)
 	}
 	cleanup_inode = 1;
 
-	user_dlm_worker = create_singlethread_workqueue("user_dlm");
+	user_dlm_worker = alloc_workqueue("user_dlm", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!user_dlm_worker) {
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bail;