diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index a466c401f6bb..ecdafc658928 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void hfs_mark_mdb_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
 	spin_lock(&sbi->work_lock);
 	if (!sbi->work_queued) {
 		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
-		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &sbi->mdb_work, delay);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &sbi->mdb_work, delay);
 		sbi->work_queued = 1;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->work_lock);