struct workqueue_struct *ib_comp_unbound_wq;
 struct workqueue_struct *ib_wq;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ib_wq);
+static struct workqueue_struct *ib_unreg_wq;
 
 /*
  * Each of the three rwsem locks (devices, clients, client_data) protects the
        WARN_ON(!refcount_read(&ib_dev->refcount));
        WARN_ON(!ib_dev->ops.dealloc_driver);
        get_device(&ib_dev->dev);
-       if (!queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &ib_dev->unregistration_work))
+       if (!queue_work(ib_unreg_wq, &ib_dev->unregistration_work))
                put_device(&ib_dev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_unregister_device_queued);
 
 static int __init ib_core_init(void)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
        ib_wq = alloc_workqueue("infiniband", 0, 0);
        if (!ib_wq)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       ib_unreg_wq = alloc_workqueue("ib-unreg-wq", WQ_UNBOUND,
+                                     WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
+       if (!ib_unreg_wq)
+               goto err;
+
        ib_comp_wq = alloc_workqueue("ib-comp-wq",
                        WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
-       if (!ib_comp_wq) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err;
-       }
+       if (!ib_comp_wq)
+               goto err_unbound;
 
        ib_comp_unbound_wq =
                alloc_workqueue("ib-comp-unb-wq",
                                WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM |
                                WQ_SYSFS, WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE);
-       if (!ib_comp_unbound_wq) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
+       if (!ib_comp_unbound_wq)
                goto err_comp;
-       }
 
        ret = class_register(&ib_class);
        if (ret) {
        destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_unbound_wq);
 err_comp:
        destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_wq);
+err_unbound:
+       destroy_workqueue(ib_unreg_wq);
 err:
        destroy_workqueue(ib_wq);
        return ret;
        destroy_workqueue(ib_comp_wq);
        /* Make sure that any pending umem accounting work is done. */
        destroy_workqueue(ib_wq);
-       flush_workqueue(system_unbound_wq);
+       destroy_workqueue(ib_unreg_wq);
        WARN_ON(!xa_empty(&clients));
        WARN_ON(!xa_empty(&devices));
 }