diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index a89043a..e36cc10 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 /* Throttling is performed over 100ms slice and after that slice is renewed */
 static unsigned long throtl_slice = HZ/10;	/* 100 ms */
 
+/* A workqueue to queue throttle related work */
+static struct workqueue_struct *kthrotld_workqueue;
+static void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td,
+				unsigned long delay);
+
 struct throtl_rb_root {
 	struct rb_root rb;
 	struct rb_node *left;
@@ -345,10 +350,9 @@
 	update_min_dispatch_time(st);
 
 	if (time_before_eq(st->min_disptime, jiffies))
-		throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+		throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
 	else
-		throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue,
-				(st->min_disptime - jiffies));
+		throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, (st->min_disptime - jiffies));
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -815,10 +819,10 @@
 }
 
 /* Call with queue lock held */
-void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long delay)
+static void
+throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td, unsigned long delay)
 {
 
-	struct throtl_data *td = q->td;
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = &td->throtl_work;
 
 	if (total_nr_queued(td) > 0) {
@@ -827,12 +831,11 @@
 		 * Cancel that and schedule a new one.
 		 */
 		__cancel_delayed_work(dwork);
-		kblockd_schedule_delayed_work(q, dwork, delay);
+		queue_delayed_work(kthrotld_workqueue, dwork, delay);
 		throtl_log(td, "schedule work. delay=%lu jiffies=%lu",
 				delay, jiffies);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(throtl_schedule_delayed_work);
 
 static void
 throtl_destroy_tg(struct throtl_data *td, struct throtl_grp *tg)
@@ -920,7 +923,7 @@
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
 
 	/* Schedule a work now to process the limit change */
-	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
 }
 
 static void throtl_update_blkio_group_write_bps(void *key,
@@ -934,7 +937,7 @@
 	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
 	atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
-	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
 }
 
 static void throtl_update_blkio_group_read_iops(void *key,
@@ -948,7 +951,7 @@
 	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
 	atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
-	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
 }
 
 static void throtl_update_blkio_group_write_iops(void *key,
@@ -962,7 +965,7 @@
 	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
 	atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
-	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+	throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
 }
 
 void throtl_shutdown_timer_wq(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -1135,6 +1138,10 @@
 
 static int __init throtl_init(void)
 {
+	kthrotld_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kthrotld", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (!kthrotld_workqueue)
+		panic("Failed to create kthrotld\n");
+
 	blkio_policy_register(&blkio_policy_throtl);
 	return 0;
 }