diff -rupN old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
--- old/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c	2010-11-17 13:46:11.000000000 -0500
+++ new/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c	2010-11-17 13:47:46.000000000 -0500
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static struct megasas_mgmt_info megasas_
 static struct fasync_struct *megasas_async_queue;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(megasas_async_queue_mutex);
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *megasas_ocr_wq;
 static int megasas_poll_wait_aen;
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(megasas_poll_wait);
 static u32 support_poll_for_event;
@@ -2435,7 +2436,7 @@ megasas_deplete_reply_queue(struct megas
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE "megasas: fwState=%x, stage:%d\n",
 					fw_state, instance->adprecovery);
 
-			schedule_work(&instance->work_init);
+			queue_work(megasas_ocr_wq, &instance->work_init);
 			return IRQ_HANDLED;
 
 		} else {
@@ -5157,6 +5158,11 @@ static int __init megasas_init(void)
 		goto err_pcidrv;
 	}
 
+	megasas_ocr_wq = create_workqueue("megasas_ocr");
+
+	if ( !megasas_ocr_wq )
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "megasas: Failed to create workqueue.\n");
+
 	rval = driver_create_file(&megasas_pci_driver.driver,
 				  &driver_attr_version);
 	if (rval)
@@ -5228,6 +5234,11 @@ static void __exit megasas_exit(void)
 			   &driver_attr_release_date);
 	driver_remove_file(&megasas_pci_driver.driver, &driver_attr_version);
 
+	if (megasas_ocr_wq) {
+		destroy_workqueue(megasas_ocr_wq);
+		megasas_ocr_wq = NULL;
+	}
+
 	pci_unregister_driver(&megasas_pci_driver);
 	unregister_chrdev(megasas_mgmt_majorno, "megaraid_sas_ioctl");
 }