diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index fac1de8..a909a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 	switch (result & 0xff07) {
 	case NVME_AER_NOTICE_NS_CHANGED:
 		dev_info(nvmeq->q_dmadev, "rescanning\n");
-		schedule_work(&nvmeq->dev->scan_work);
+		queue_work(nvme_workq, &nvmeq->dev->scan_work);
 	default:
 		dev_warn(nvmeq->q_dmadev, "async event result %08x\n", result);
 	}
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@
 			return 0;
 		dev->ctrl.tagset = &dev->tagset;
 	}
-	schedule_work(&dev->scan_work);
+	queue_work(nvme_workq, &dev->scan_work);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@
 	if (result)
 		goto release_pools;
 
-	schedule_work(&dev->reset_work);
+	queue_work(nvme_workq, &dev->reset_work);
 	return 0;
 
  release_pools:
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@
 	if (prepare)
 		nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
 	else
-		schedule_work(&dev->reset_work);
+		queue_work(nvme_workq, &dev->reset_work);
 }
 
 static void nvme_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
 	struct nvme_dev *ndev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	schedule_work(&ndev->reset_work);
+	queue_work(nvme_workq, &ndev->reset_work);
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&nvme_kthread_wait);
 
-	nvme_workq = create_singlethread_workqueue("nvme");
+	nvme_workq = alloc_workqueue("nvme", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!nvme_workq)
 		return -ENOMEM;