diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index d9daa3e422d0..c360f6a6c844 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	bdi_wq = alloc_workqueue("writeback", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_FREEZABLE |
-					      WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
+	bdi_wq = alloc_workqueue("writeback", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND |
+				 WQ_SYSFS, 0);
 	if (!bdi_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;