diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 938bca2df027fc6f971b80aff350a4f507cd7a62..3a9a0f11200426771d0c9bffe77d6cc4a4f54c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2694,8 +2694,8 @@ static int init_submitter(struct drbd_device *device)
 {
 	/* opencoded create_singlethread_workqueue(),
 	 * to be able to say "drbd%d", ..., minor */
-	device->submit.wq = alloc_workqueue("drbd%u_submit",
-			WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1, device->minor);
+	device->submit.wq =
+		alloc_ordered_workqueue("drbd%u_submit", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, device->minor);
 	if (!device->submit.wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index ea54341df3bffa7a7c629a9f83af0da1ddddd288..1957fe8601dcbb60ee2b8d3aa9367104fd503daf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,10 @@ static int conn_connect(struct drbd_connection *connection)
 	}
 
 	drbd_thread_start(&connection->ack_receiver);
-	connection->ack_sender = create_singlethread_workqueue("drbd_ack_sender");
+	/* opencoded create_singlethread_workqueue(),
+	 * to be able to use format string arguments */
+	connection->ack_sender =
+		alloc_ordered_workqueue("drbd_as_%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, connection->resource->name);
 	if (!connection->ack_sender) {
 		drbd_err(connection, "Failed to create workqueue ack_sender\n");
 		return 0;