diff --git a/fs/afs/callback.c b/fs/afs/callback.c
index 7ef637d7f3a5..1e9d2f84e5b5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/afs/callback.c
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ static void afs_callback_updater(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 int __init afs_callback_update_init(void)
 {
-	afs_callback_update_worker =
-		create_singlethread_workqueue("kafs_callbackd");
+	afs_callback_update_worker = alloc_ordered_workqueue("kafs_callbackd",
+							     WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	return afs_callback_update_worker ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }