diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 57f308428b7e..8a8e19cf9f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -3946,7 +3946,7 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 	}
 
 
-	device->events_wq = create_workqueue("kgsl-events");
+	device->events_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("kgsl-events");
 
 	/* Initalize the snapshot engine */
 	kgsl_device_snapshot_init(device);