diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index 79cefbe31367cb5a1823907ff9266b7da96cedf5..638c72b7f94aa0df79dfd6199bbb9cd92a82df25 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -4277,7 +4277,7 @@ static int __devinit beiscsi_dev_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
 
 	snprintf(phba->wq_name, sizeof(phba->wq_name), "beiscsi_q_irq%u",
 		 phba->shost->host_no);
-	phba->wq = create_workqueue(phba->wq_name);
+	phba->wq = alloc_workqueue(phba->wq_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!phba->wq) {
 		shost_printk(KERN_ERR, phba->shost, "beiscsi_dev_probe-"
 				"Failed to allocate work queue\n");
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index c194c23ca1fb6fef027c8d74bdd7f064e5274877..1d060767772746359e361c2b9e9457e1ea041313 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 				"Can't create request queue\n");
 			goto fail;
 		}
-		ha->wq = create_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq");
+		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 		vha->req = ha->req_q_map[req];
 		options |= BIT_1;
 		for (ques = 1; ques < ha->max_rsp_queues; ques++) {