diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c
index 85628127947fb251712710b1c81868975c4d0404..614716251c39e402f5507a895050e751f367a90a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/main.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static void iwl_bg_restart(struct work_struct *data)
 
 static void iwl_setup_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
-	priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
+	priv->workqueue = alloc_ordered_workqueue(DRV_NAME, 0);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->restart, iwl_bg_restart);
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->beacon_update, iwl_bg_beacon_update);