diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
index 3ac415675b6c778b5dd22aaaf4ee6c2dc4ca48eb..4caa8e6d59d7968584e23a9187bc07f8c81df321 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int chunk_io(struct pstore *ps, void *area, chunk_t chunk, int rw,
 	 */
 	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&req.work, do_metadata);
 	queue_work(ps->metadata_wq, &req.work);
-	flush_work(&req.work);
+	flush_workqueue(ps->metadata_wq);
 
 	return req.result;
 }