diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c
index 357624f8b9d3..5495e22839a7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static int __init iw_cm_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("iw_cm: couldn't register netlink callbacks\n");
 
-	iwcm_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("iw_cm_wq");
+	iwcm_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("iw_cm_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	if (!iwcm_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;