diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index c399be9799213ed4a604436b14f2767a5f6f2cde..f67282058ba1de39a83426241669bab4ce224d53 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static int __init scsi_tgt_init(void)
 	if (!scsi_tgt_cmd_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	scsi_tgtd = create_workqueue("scsi_tgtd");
+	scsi_tgtd = alloc_workqueue("scsi_tgtd", 0, 1);
 	if (!scsi_tgtd) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free_kmemcache;