diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 3b2c30d870e1..abed94213e6a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	struct btrfs_workers endio_meta_write_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workers endio_write_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workers endio_freespace_worker;
-	struct btrfs_workers submit_workers;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue_struct *submit_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workers caching_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workers readahead_workers;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 7eeb45f649bf..420328bacf49 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ static void btrfs_stop_all_workers(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
-	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
+	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->submit_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->readahead_workers);
@@ -2486,18 +2486,19 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->flush_workers, "flush_delalloc",
 			   fs_info->thread_pool_size, NULL);
 
-	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers, "submit",
-			   min_t(u64, fs_devices->num_devices,
-			   fs_info->thread_pool_size), NULL);
 
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers, "cache",
 			   fs_info->thread_pool_size, NULL);
 
-	/* a higher idle thresh on the submit workers makes it much more
+	/*
+	 * a higher idle thresh on the submit workers makes it much more
 	 * likely that bios will be send down in a sane order to the
 	 * devices
 	 */
-	fs_info->submit_workers.idle_thresh = 64;
+	fs_info->submit_workers =
+		btrfs_alloc_workqueue("submit", flags,
+				      min_t(u64, fs_devices->num_devices,
+					    max_active), 64);
 
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->fixup_workers, "fixup", 1,
 			   &fs_info->generic_worker);
@@ -2548,7 +2549,6 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * return -ENOMEM if any of these fail.
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker);
-	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
 	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->fixup_workers);
 	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_workers);
 	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_meta_workers);
@@ -2566,7 +2566,8 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_sb_buffer;
 	}
-	if (!(fs_info->workers && fs_info->delalloc_workers)) {
+	if (!(fs_info->workers && fs_info->delalloc_workers &&
+	      fs_info->submit_workers)) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_sb_buffer;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index be0019903264..9ed559ebe914 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ static void btrfs_resize_thread_pool(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->delalloc_workers, new_pool_size);
-	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->submit_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->fixup_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_workers, new_pool_size);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 82a63b1a36ef..0066cff077ce 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ static noinline void run_scheduled_bios(struct btrfs_device *device)
 			device->running_pending = 1;
 
 			spin_unlock(&device->io_lock);
-			btrfs_requeue_work(&device->work);
+			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->submit_workers,
+					 &device->work);
 			goto done;
 		}
 		/* unplug every 64 requests just for good measure */
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ static noinline void run_scheduled_bios(struct btrfs_device *device)
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 }
 
-static void pending_bios_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
+static void pending_bios_fn(struct btrfs_work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct btrfs_device *device;
 
@@ -5379,8 +5380,8 @@ static noinline void btrfs_schedule_bio(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	spin_unlock(&device->io_lock);
 
 	if (should_queue)
-		btrfs_queue_worker(&root->fs_info->submit_workers,
-				   &device->work);
+		btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->submit_workers,
+				 &device->work);
 }
 
 static int bio_size_ok(struct block_device *bdev, struct bio *bio,
@@ -5668,7 +5669,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_alloc_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	else
 		generate_random_uuid(dev->uuid);
 
-	dev->work.func = pending_bios_fn;
+	btrfs_init_work(&dev->work, pending_bios_fn, NULL, NULL);
 
 	return dev;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 80754f9dd3df..5d9a03773ca6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct btrfs_device {
 	/* per-device scrub information */
 	struct scrub_ctx *scrub_device;
 
-	struct btrfs_work work;
+	struct btrfs_work_struct work;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	struct work_struct rcu_work;