diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 4030907b6b7d89adcf62c70e82e95c8deb41adba..4c9f0a87f733baaf0eab6cd72ea4a2c4749ae3da 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,8 @@ module_param(rcu_min_cached_objs, int, 0444);
 static int rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec = 5000;
 module_param(rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec, int, 0444);
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *rcu_reclaim_wq;
+
 /* Maximum number of jiffies to wait before draining a batch. */
 #define KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES (5 * HZ)
 #define KFREE_N_BATCHES 2
@@ -1632,10 +1634,10 @@ __schedule_delayed_monitor_work(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
 	if (delayed_work_pending(&krcp->monitor_work)) {
 		delay_left = krcp->monitor_work.timer.expires - jiffies;
 		if (delay < delay_left)
-			mod_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
+			mod_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
 		return;
 	}
-	queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
+	queue_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krcp->monitor_work, delay);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1733,7 +1735,7 @@ kvfree_rcu_queue_batch(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
 			// "free channels", the batch can handle. Break
 			// the loop since it is done with this CPU thus
 			// queuing an RCU work is _always_ success here.
-			queued = queue_rcu_work(system_unbound_wq, &krwp->rcu_work);
+			queued = queue_rcu_work(rcu_reclaim_wq, &krwp->rcu_work);
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!queued);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1883,7 +1885,7 @@ run_page_cache_worker(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
 	if (rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING &&
 			!atomic_xchg(&krcp->work_in_progress, 1)) {
 		if (atomic_read(&krcp->backoff_page_cache_fill)) {
-			queue_delayed_work(system_unbound_wq,
+			queue_delayed_work(rcu_reclaim_wq,
 				&krcp->page_cache_work,
 					msecs_to_jiffies(rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec));
 		} else {
@@ -2120,6 +2122,10 @@ void __init kvfree_rcu_init(void)
 	int i, j;
 	struct shrinker *kfree_rcu_shrinker;
 
+	rcu_reclaim_wq = alloc_workqueue("kvfree_rcu_reclaim",
+			WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	WARN_ON(!rcu_reclaim_wq);
+
 	/* Clamp it to [0:100] seconds interval. */
 	if (rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec < 0 ||
 		rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec > 100 * MSEC_PER_SEC) {