diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index e49f8f4..29aad44 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (keventd_up() && reap_work->work.func == NULL) {
 		init_reap_node(cpu);
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(reap_work, cache_reap);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK_DEFERRABLE(reap_work, cache_reap);
 		schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, reap_work,
 					__round_jiffies_relative(HZ, cpu));
 	}