diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 4ec9565be605..f355c04ee4f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -11605,7 +11605,8 @@ static int __init i40e_init_module(void)
 	 * it can't be any worse than using the system workqueue which
 	 * was already single threaded
 	 */
-	i40e_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(i40e_driver_name);
+	i40e_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1,
+				  i40e_driver_name);
 	if (!i40e_wq) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", i40e_driver_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index ba046d1e25e4..24f88ecdcddc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,8 @@ static int __init i40evf_init_module(void)
 
 	pr_info("%s\n", i40evf_copyright);
 
-	i40evf_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(i40evf_driver_name);
+	i40evf_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1,
+				    i40evf_driver_name);
 	if (!i40evf_wq) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to create workqueue\n", i40evf_driver_name);
 		return -ENOMEM;