diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index e66ea8953792..597d3d6eeb60 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -1302,7 +1302,8 @@ static int __init devfreq_init(void)
 		return PTR_ERR(devfreq_class);
 	}
 
-	devfreq_wq = create_freezable_workqueue("devfreq_wq");
+	devfreq_wq = alloc_workqueue("devfreq_wq", WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_FREEZABLE
+			| WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 	if (!devfreq_wq) {
 		class_destroy(devfreq_class);
 		pr_err("%s: couldn't create workqueue\n", __FILE__);