diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 2b8cee35e4d5a90daff8cc3e17a9cc3d0c90af83..f7822875589ea8439764d72a488adc2846a28f6f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	wc->writeback_wq = alloc_workqueue("writecache-writeabck", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
+	wc->writeback_wq = alloc_workqueue("writecache-writeback", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!wc->writeback_wq) {
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		ti->error = "Could not allocate writeback workqueue";