diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b76cfc89e1b57ce5557d7d4d931132c6f4efcc82..6352e84fd512a8a2f704ad2d565f127d31e7e11b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7321,7 +7321,7 @@ static int __init md_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	md_wq = alloc_workqueue("md", WQ_RESCUER, 0);
+	md_wq = alloc_workqueue("md", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!md_wq)
 		goto err_wq;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index d8512423ba7298ee56368fd27e42d4d01fd7cee2..0855acdfe7061628c9a7b840d56af6d7075ba328 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static int nfsiod_start(void)
 {
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	dprintk("RPC:       creating workqueue nfsiod\n");
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod", WQ_RESCUER, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (wq == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	nfsiod_workqueue = wq;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 243fc09b164e81865a902015f18bd87313413167..2841cc6bcfdad3d279064d6c41f70d068b244993 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ static int rpciod_start(void)
 	 * Create the rpciod thread and wait for it to start.
 	 */
 	dprintk("RPC:       creating workqueue rpciod\n");
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", WQ_RESCUER, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	rpciod_workqueue = wq;
 	return rpciod_workqueue != NULL;
 }