diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index 699b5be..9584443 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -1080,8 +1080,7 @@
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = sizeof(struct dm_raid1_bio_record);
 	ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
 
-	ms->kmirrord_wq = alloc_workqueue("kmirrord",
-					  WQ_NON_REENTRANT | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	ms->kmirrord_wq = alloc_workqueue("kmirrord", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!ms->kmirrord_wq) {
 		DMERR("couldn't start kmirrord");
 		r = -ENOMEM;