diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 4f0b92edb4df6d4eb2a00e17dedc5750823815c2..e158aa83b92f35cc8ba898743f1887ae041b7239 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ static int __init hid_init(void)
 		goto err_bus;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HID_COMPAT
-	hid_compat_wq = create_workqueue("hid_compat");
+	hid_compat_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("hid_compat");
 	if (!hid_compat_wq) {
 		hidraw_exit();
 		goto err;