diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
index c260d884099073d88a454c22e83a7101713263d8..1b5d8fb1033ad711e4738e089cae230a5655257c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int xe_guc_ct_init(struct xe_guc_ct *ct)
 
 	xe_gt_assert(gt, !(guc_ct_size() % PAGE_SIZE));
 
-	ct->g2h_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-g2h-wq", 0);
+	ct->g2h_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-g2h-wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
 	if (!ct->g2h_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;