diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index b8e79eb7cd5e147a887116eba5048fdca6913f6a..2ec5264dd002a13256e8483747c108593fefb220 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -571,8 +571,7 @@ static int dev_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 
 	dev->dev_private = priv;
 
-	priv->wq = alloc_workqueue("omapdrm",
-			WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_NON_REENTRANT, 1);
+	priv->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("omapdrm", 0);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->obj_list);