diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 87b237d48b3ca9f286c455aaae1d82e5b00d768d..6e4dba1ed0e08553a31246f134f02fa7e2eee60f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(statistics, S_IRUGO, show_statistics, NULL);
 
 static void iwl_setup_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
-	priv->workqueue = create_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
+	priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&priv->wait_command_queue);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 0cd8cb96a5ef03d6e319007c90693bf9e4f84388..cb40e431415fc952d187343844a30c1c97b5a8da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -5201,7 +5201,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(dump_events, S_IWUSR, NULL, dump_event_log);
 
 static void iwl3945_setup_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
-	priv->workqueue = create_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
+	priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&priv->wait_command_queue);