diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 6d2d41ae9e322dbd53e787e5294f2d55551296eb..0fce0bc1a9572f70167cc66d0524186e9e5abece 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1645,20 +1645,14 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	cc->io_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd_io",
-				       WQ_NON_REENTRANT|
-				       WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
-				       1);
+	cc->io_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd_io", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!cc->io_queue) {
 		ti->error = "Couldn't create kcryptd io queue";
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
 	cc->crypt_queue = alloc_workqueue("kcryptd",
-					  WQ_NON_REENTRANT|
-					  WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE|
-					  WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
-					  1);
+					  WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!cc->crypt_queue) {
 		ti->error = "Couldn't create kcryptd queue";
 		goto bad;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index d581fe5d2faf1df83f1fce5725926c8619d7e7aa..3a7cade5e27d828ffa2df3b9254f9064ec078c84 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -833,8 +833,7 @@ struct dm_kcopyd_client *dm_kcopyd_client_create(struct dm_kcopyd_throttle *thro
 		goto bad_slab;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&kc->kcopyd_work, do_work);
-	kc->kcopyd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kcopyd",
-					WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	kc->kcopyd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kcopyd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!kc->kcopyd_wq)
 		goto bad_workqueue;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 699b5be68d319263cce75e8d932deb0be25c7d00..9584443c56148608d159ceab1d436fd6bacfda3b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,7 @@ static int mirror_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct dm_raid1_bio_record);
 	ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
 
-	ms->kmirrord_wq = alloc_workqueue("kmirrord",
-					  WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	ms->kmirrord_wq = alloc_workqueue("kmirrord", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!ms->kmirrord_wq) {
 		DMERR("couldn't start kmirrord");
 		r = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 9e39d2b64bf8f3cc4a864e300ff61f5020b67dda..ef095a96d039192c5f8b9c363628ff4de22116a5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1946,8 +1946,7 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	add_disk(md->disk);
 	format_dev_t(md->name, MKDEV(_major, minor));
 
-	md->wq = alloc_workqueue("kdmflush",
-				 WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	md->wq = alloc_workqueue("kdmflush", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!md->wq)
 		goto bad_thread;