diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
index 1f5219e12cc3..b41516f3f84a 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-back.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static struct sock_mapping *pvcalls_new_active_socket(
 	map->data.in = map->bytes;
 	map->data.out = map->bytes + XEN_FLEX_RING_SIZE(map->ring_order);
 
-	map->ioworker.wq = alloc_workqueue("pvcalls_io", WQ_UNBOUND, 1);
+	map->ioworker.wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("pvcalls_io", 0);
 	if (!map->ioworker.wq)
 		goto out;
 	atomic_set(&map->io, 1);
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static int pvcalls_back_bind(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 
 	INIT_WORK(&map->register_work, __pvcalls_back_accept);
 	spin_lock_init(&map->copy_lock);
-	map->wq = alloc_workqueue("pvcalls_wq", WQ_UNBOUND, 1);
+	map->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("pvcalls_wq", 0);
 	if (!map->wq) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;