diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index b0a0b01bb4ef76896cf632b06a0b6db4b5c9c08d..01ae54826d5cda607e772004fb67e6937f32ba6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int __init mlxsw_core_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mlxsw_wq = create_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name);
+	mlxsw_wq = alloc_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!mlxsw_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	mlxsw_core_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(mlxsw_core_driver_name, NULL);