diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index 9dbc71ffb9363ea21a0e0330c62551f11ff4349f..6e0a7fdfd6264c8642d5e5bcd91527fbae697f65 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -8026,8 +8026,8 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	/* event thread */
 	snprintf(ioc->firmware_event_name, sizeof(ioc->firmware_event_name),
 	    "fw_event%d", ioc->id);
-	ioc->firmware_event_thread = create_singlethread_workqueue(
-	    ioc->firmware_event_name);
+	ioc->firmware_event_thread = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
+	    ioc->firmware_event_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	if (!ioc->firmware_event_thread) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);