diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 623c84145b79..2cd01ca1b5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -5087,7 +5087,7 @@ static int rbd_dev_device_setup(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	set_capacity(rbd_dev->disk, rbd_dev->mapping.size / SECTOR_SIZE);
 	set_disk_ro(rbd_dev->disk, rbd_dev->mapping.read_only);
 
-	rbd_dev->rq_wq = alloc_workqueue(rbd_dev->disk->disk_name, 0, 0);
+	rbd_dev->rq_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", 0, 0, rbd_dev->disk->disk_name);
 	if (!rbd_dev->rq_wq)
 		goto err_out_mapping;