diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index d43207c6e467..1f4a4329fc11 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -4768,7 +4768,7 @@ void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap, int sync)
 			     "WARNING: synchronous SCSI scan failed without making any progress, switching to async\n");
 	}
 
-	queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &ap->hotplug_task,
+	queue_delayed_work(system_dfl_long_wq, &ap->hotplug_task,
 			   round_jiffies_relative(HZ));
 }