diff --git a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
index c6537a1b3a2e..30cea324ff95 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int ssam_cplt_init(struct ssam_cplt *cplt, struct device *dev)
 
 	cplt->dev = dev;
 
-	cplt->wq = create_workqueue(SSAM_CPLT_WQ_NAME);
+	cplt->wq = alloc_workqueue(SSAM_CPLT_WQ_NAME, WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!cplt->wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;