diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
index b40d9c8dad964a122dba95371466d736a3f6a9f1..7bfb57f1bcb52cac01a19f21b518bc9cc2ae9d62 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(adf_disable_aer);
 
 int adf_init_aer(void)
 {
-	device_reset_wq = create_workqueue("qat_device_reset_wq");
+	device_reset_wq = alloc_workqueue("qat_device_reset_wq",
+					  WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	return !device_reset_wq ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_sriov.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_sriov.c
index 4a526e2f1d7ff926fe57ea3f3ff36a02bd952de3..9320ae1d005bbd96cbc8a5c4f777fb5c41b5dae3 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_sriov.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(adf_sriov_configure);
 int __init adf_init_pf_wq(void)
 {
 	/* Workqueue for PF2VF responses */
-	pf2vf_resp_wq = create_workqueue("qat_pf2vf_resp_wq");
+	pf2vf_resp_wq = alloc_workqueue("qat_pf2vf_resp_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 
 	return !pf2vf_resp_wq ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_vf_isr.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_vf_isr.c
index aa689cabedb4b598fc9517b1f3b07e07b823447c..bf99e11a3403d49b660fd41f35f5d5a14600e39f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_vf_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_vf_isr.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(adf_vf_isr_resource_alloc);
 
 int __init adf_init_vf_wq(void)
 {
-	adf_vf_stop_wq = create_workqueue("adf_vf_stop_wq");
+	adf_vf_stop_wq = alloc_workqueue("adf_vf_stop_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 
 	return !adf_vf_stop_wq ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }