diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index b971237c5a9fe41ef7e3310d3809e1437341401d..4fb01ffdfd1a06163263186b967a2e04f7f90743 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1827,11 +1827,11 @@ xfs_buf_init(void)
 	if (!xfs_buf_zone)
 		goto out_free_trace_buf;
 
-	xfslogd_workqueue = create_workqueue("xfslogd");
+	xfslogd_workqueue = create_freezeable_workqueue("xfslogd");
 	if (!xfslogd_workqueue)
 		goto out_free_buf_zone;
 
-	xfsdatad_workqueue = create_workqueue("xfsdatad");
+	xfsdatad_workqueue = create_freezeable_workqueue("xfsdatad");
 	if (!xfsdatad_workqueue)
 		goto out_destroy_xfslogd_workqueue;