diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 392cd3b..f5da1fd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_write_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->submit_workers);
-	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
+	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->delayed_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->caching_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->readahead_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->flush_workers);
@@ -2519,9 +2519,8 @@
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue("endio-write", flags, max_active, 2);
 	fs_info->endio_freespace_worker =
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue("freespace-write", flags, max_active, 0);
-	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers, "delayed-meta",
-			   fs_info->thread_pool_size,
-			   &fs_info->generic_worker);
+	fs_info->delayed_workers =
+		btrfs_alloc_workqueue("delayed-meta", flags, max_active, 0);
 	fs_info->readahead_workers =
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue("readahead", flags, max_active, 2);
 	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->qgroup_rescan_workers, "qgroup-rescan", 1,
@@ -2532,7 +2531,6 @@
 	 * return -ENOMEM if any of these fail.
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker);
-	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
 	ret |= btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->qgroup_rescan_workers);
 	if (ret) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2545,7 +2543,7 @@
 	      fs_info->endio_write_workers && fs_info->endio_raid56_workers &&
 	      fs_info->endio_freespace_worker && fs_info->rmw_workers &&
 	      fs_info->caching_workers && fs_info->readahead_workers &&
-	      fs_info->fixup_workers)) {
+	      fs_info->fixup_workers && fs_info->delayed_workers)) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_sb_buffer;
 	}