diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index db4625af65fb..2c3d77c6fe72 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1887,7 +1887,8 @@ static int zswap_setup(void)
 		zswap_enabled = false;
 	}
 
-	shrink_wq = create_workqueue("zswap-shrink");
+	shrink_wq = alloc_workqueue("zswap-shrink",
+			WQ_UNBOUND|WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!shrink_wq)
 		goto fallback_fail;