diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index 2c0e3281bd7a..f26a4ca29363 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -1958,7 +1958,7 @@ static int __init mlxsw_core_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mlxsw_wq = alloc_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	mlxsw_wq = alloc_workqueue(mlxsw_core_driver_name, 0, 0);
 	if (!mlxsw_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	mlxsw_owq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("%s_ordered", 0,