diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index e30c537..f5296bb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -3335,7 +3335,7 @@
 
 int __init ata_sff_init(void)
 {
-	ata_sff_wq = alloc_workqueue("ata_sff", WQ_RESCUER, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE);
+	ata_sff_wq = alloc_workqueue("ata_sff", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE);
 	if (!ata_sff_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;