diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index c2ea13c7e37e..a1cb0236c550 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -10558,7 +10558,7 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	snprintf(ioc->firmware_event_name, sizeof(ioc->firmware_event_name),
 	    "fw_event_%s%d", ioc->driver_name, ioc->id);
 	ioc->firmware_event_thread = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
-	    ioc->firmware_event_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
+	    ioc->firmware_event_name, 0);
 	if (!ioc->firmware_event_thread) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);