diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
index b9984648aca6ed696a270eee76985f7950b01096..05f3de64f6a39bb22c4a1bd39955be899e520bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ static int __init zfcp_module_init(void)
 	if (!zfcp_data.gid_pn_cache)
 		goto out_gid_cache;
 
+	zfcp_data.work_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue("zfcp_wq");
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zfcp_data.adapter_list_head);
 	sema_init(&zfcp_data.config_sema, 1);
 	rwlock_init(&zfcp_data.config_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
index 7fa8937c8c58d52a5377d874567912514c009f66..73eb41580f25c40fe3dc41861703de5c9f9f2bb8 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ struct zfcp_data {
 	struct kmem_cache	*fsf_req_qtcb_cache;
 	struct kmem_cache	*sr_buffer_cache;
 	struct kmem_cache	*gid_pn_cache;
+	struct workqueue_struct	*work_queue;
 };
 
 /* struct used by memory pools for fsf_requests */
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
index 174b38fe7623fcd35e73598436b159c51f4ceea8..f5ebeb7ca2be5baa72f8b5f58c69a017fb89b9d6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_erp.c
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ static int zfcp_erp_port_strategy_open_common(struct zfcp_erp_action *act)
 		if (fc_host_port_type(adapter->scsi_host) == FC_PORTTYPE_PTP)
 			return zfcp_erp_open_ptp_port(act);
 		if (!(p_status & ZFCP_STATUS_PORT_DID_DID)) {
-			schedule_work(&port->gid_pn_work);
+			queue_work(zfcp_data.work_queue, &port->gid_pn_work);
 			return ZFCP_ERP_CONTINUES;
 		}
 	case ZFCP_ERP_STEP_NAMESERVER_LOOKUP:
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ static void zfcp_erp_schedule_work(struct zfcp_unit *unit)
 	atomic_set_mask(ZFCP_STATUS_UNIT_SCSI_WORK_PENDING, &unit->status);
 	INIT_WORK(&p->work, zfcp_erp_scsi_scan);
 	p->unit = unit;
-	schedule_work(&p->work);
+	queue_work(zfcp_data.work_queue, &p->work);
 }
 
 static void zfcp_erp_rport_register(struct zfcp_port *port)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index f073fff0868fa03f5df3ea20dd7255612fc4a2a8..600ef5711acb6a36050c490d0995c668e97b710a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static void zfcp_fsf_status_read_handler(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)
 	zfcp_fsf_req_free(req);
 
 	atomic_inc(&adapter->stat_miss);
-	schedule_work(&adapter->stat_work);
+	queue_work(zfcp_data.work_queue, &adapter->stat_work);
 }
 
 static void zfcp_fsf_fsfstatus_qual_eval(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)