diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 217e8da0628caa909aa212e3c2598dc0ca09da68..c6a1309b2131a4ceb911f1df83d90ae932177eed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4627,7 +4627,7 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 
 	netdev_dbg(bond_dev, "Begin bond_init\n");
 
-	bond->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(bond_dev->name);
+	bond->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue(bond_dev->name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	if (!bond->wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;