diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c
index af5ad6a56ae404d1cd2aae64f95e59d7ccded0ac..9271f72900052aa7007727364c4746f7e94675f3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ static void ib_cq_poll_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				    IB_POLL_BATCH);
 	if (completed >= IB_POLL_BUDGET_WORKQUEUE ||
 	    ib_req_notify_cq(cq, IB_POLL_FLAGS) > 0)
-		queue_work(ib_comp_wq, &cq->work);
+		queue_work(cq->comp_wq, &cq->work);
 }
 
 static void ib_cq_completion_workqueue(struct ib_cq *cq, void *private)
 {
-	queue_work(ib_comp_wq, &cq->work);
+	queue_work(cq->comp_wq, &cq->work);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -175,9 +175,12 @@ struct ib_cq *__ib_alloc_cq(struct ib_device *dev, void *private,
 		ib_req_notify_cq(cq, IB_CQ_NEXT_COMP);
 		break;
 	case IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE:
+	case IB_POLL_UNBOUND_WORKQUEUE:
 		cq->comp_handler = ib_cq_completion_workqueue;
 		INIT_WORK(&cq->work, ib_cq_poll_work);
 		ib_req_notify_cq(cq, IB_CQ_NEXT_COMP);
+		cq->comp_wq = (cq->poll_ctx == IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE) ?
+				ib_comp_wq : ib_comp_unbound_wq;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -213,6 +216,7 @@ void ib_free_cq(struct ib_cq *cq)
 		irq_poll_disable(&cq->iop);
 		break;
 	case IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE:
+	case IB_POLL_UNBOUND_WORKQUEUE:
 		cancel_work_sync(&cq->work);
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 8305e633caf7b7807916cdc110466a1ff951152e..1280b19a7bdceccda03dd44e99fb8d1f93858b86 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct ib_client_data {
 };
 
 struct workqueue_struct *ib_comp_wq;
+struct workqueue_struct *ib_comp_unbound_wq;
 struct workqueue_struct *ib_wq;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ib_wq);
 
@@ -1186,10 +1187,19 @@ static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	ib_comp_unbound_wq =
+		alloc_workqueue("ib-comp-unb-wq",
+				WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM |
+				WQ_SYSFS, WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
+	if (!ib_comp_unbound_wq) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_comp;
+	}
+
 	ret = class_register(&ib_class);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_warn("Couldn't create InfiniBand device class\n");
-		goto err_comp;
+		goto err_comp_unbound;
 	}
 
 	ret = rdma_nl_init();
@@ -1238,6 +1248,8 @@ static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 	rdma_nl_exit();
 err_sysfs:
 	class_unregister(&ib_class);
+err_comp_unbound:
+	destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_unbound_wq);
 err_comp:
 	destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_wq);
 err:
@@ -1256,6 +1268,7 @@ static void __exit ib_core_cleanup(void)
 	addr_cleanup();
 	rdma_nl_exit();
 	class_unregister(&ib_class);
+	destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_unbound_wq);
 	destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_wq);
 	/* Make sure that any pending umem accounting work is done. */
 	destroy_workqueue(ib_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
index 7586c1dd73f19e167b2bfa62336eaf0c9ac14687..74aa3e651bc3c61e2c89a41b1117820d5a8de3e1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
@@ -3190,7 +3190,7 @@ static int ib_mad_port_open(struct ib_device *device,
 	}
 
 	port_priv->cq = ib_alloc_cq(port_priv->device, port_priv, cq_size, 0,
-			IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE);
+			IB_POLL_UNBOUND_WORKQUEUE);
 	if (IS_ERR(port_priv->cq)) {
 		dev_err(&device->dev, "Couldn't create ib_mad CQ\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(port_priv->cq);
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index e1d4ab0935f05cda4d8ff879d60c3b3c11a6b8bd..a7841aff432ec5acc7c6267feacd23e008afcde6 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 
 extern struct workqueue_struct *ib_wq;
 extern struct workqueue_struct *ib_comp_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *ib_comp_unbound_wq;
 
 union ib_gid {
 	u8	raw[16];
@@ -1576,9 +1577,10 @@ struct ib_ah {
 typedef void (*ib_comp_handler)(struct ib_cq *cq, void *cq_context);
 
 enum ib_poll_context {
-	IB_POLL_DIRECT,		/* caller context, no hw completions */
-	IB_POLL_SOFTIRQ,	/* poll from softirq context */
-	IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE,	/* poll from workqueue */
+	IB_POLL_DIRECT,		   /* caller context, no hw completions */
+	IB_POLL_SOFTIRQ,	   /* poll from softirq context */
+	IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE,	   /* poll from workqueue */
+	IB_POLL_UNBOUND_WORKQUEUE, /* poll from unbound workqueue */
 };
 
 struct ib_cq {
@@ -1595,6 +1597,7 @@ struct ib_cq {
 		struct irq_poll		iop;
 		struct work_struct	work;
 	};
+	struct workqueue_struct *comp_wq;
 	/*
 	 * Implementation details of the RDMA core, don't use in drivers:
 	 */