diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
index 9bbe0161a2f45090fe0de085025fc2c91bf60fc8..1434e5dd5f9cd2c859ed7a54e4fb2267c8420654 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,8 @@ static int pegasus_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (pegasus_count == 0) {
-		pegasus_workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("pegasus");
+		pegasus_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("pegasus", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
+						    0);
 		if (!pegasus_workqueue)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}