diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 888e7801c638..b8e304015dc8 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ static void punt_bios_to_rescuer(struct bio_set *bs)
 	struct bio_list punt, nopunt;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
+	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!bs->rescue_workqueue))
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * In order to guarantee forward progress we must punt only bios that
 	 * were allocated from this bio_set; otherwise, if there was a bio on
@@ -474,7 +476,8 @@ struct bio *bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int nr_iovecs,
 
 		if (current->bio_list &&
 		    (!bio_list_empty(&current->bio_list[0]) ||
-		     !bio_list_empty(&current->bio_list[1])))
+		     !bio_list_empty(&current->bio_list[1])) &&
+		    bs->rescue_workqueue)
 			gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
 
 		p = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_pool, gfp_mask);
@@ -1923,7 +1926,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_free);
 
 static struct bio_set *__bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size,
 				       unsigned int front_pad,
-				       bool create_bvec_pool)
+				       bool create_bvec_pool,
+				       bool create_rescue_workqueue)
 {
 	unsigned int back_pad = BIO_INLINE_VECS * sizeof(struct bio_vec);
 	struct bio_set *bs;
@@ -1954,6 +1958,9 @@ static struct bio_set *__bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size,
 			goto bad;
 	}
 
+	if (!create_rescue_workqueue)
+		return bs;
+
 	bs->rescue_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("bioset", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!bs->rescue_workqueue)
 		goto bad;
@@ -1979,10 +1986,16 @@ static struct bio_set *__bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size,
  */
 struct bio_set *bioset_create(unsigned int pool_size, unsigned int front_pad)
 {
-	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, true);
+	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, true, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create);
 
+struct bio_set *bioset_create_rescued(unsigned int pool_size, unsigned int front_pad)
+{
+	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, true, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create_rescued);
+
 /**
  * bioset_create_nobvec  - Create a bio_set without bio_vec mempool
  * @pool_size:	Number of bio to cache in the mempool
@@ -1994,10 +2007,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create);
  */
 struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec(unsigned int pool_size, unsigned int front_pad)
 {
-	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, false);
+	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, false, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create_nobvec);
 
+struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec_rescued(unsigned int pool_size,
+					     unsigned int front_pad)
+{
+	return __bioset_create(pool_size, front_pad, false, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create_nobvec_rescued);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
 
 /**
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index f5d64ad75b36..23f20cb84b2f 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	if (q->id < 0)
 		goto fail_q;
 
-	q->bio_split = bioset_create(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0);
+	q->bio_split = bioset_create_rescued(BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0);
 	if (!q->bio_split)
 		goto fail_id;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 85e3f21c2514..6cb30792f0ed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned block_size,
 
 	minor *= BCACHE_MINORS;
 
-	if (!(d->bio_split = bioset_create(4, offsetof(struct bbio, bio))) ||
+	if (!(d->bio_split = bioset_create_rescued(4, offsetof(struct bbio, bio))) ||
 	    !(d->disk = alloc_disk(BCACHE_MINORS))) {
 		ida_simple_remove(&bcache_minor, minor);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ struct cache_set *bch_cache_set_alloc(struct cache_sb *sb)
 				sizeof(struct bbio) + sizeof(struct bio_vec) *
 				bucket_pages(c))) ||
 	    !(c->fill_iter = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(1, iter_size)) ||
-	    !(c->bio_split = bioset_create(4, offsetof(struct bbio, bio))) ||
+	    !(c->bio_split = bioset_create_rescued(4, offsetof(struct bbio, bio))) ||
 	    !(c->uuids = alloc_bucket_pages(GFP_KERNEL, c)) ||
 	    !(c->moving_gc_wq = alloc_workqueue("bcache_gc",
 						WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0)) ||
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index ef1d836bd81b..b7b1df84fe4a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	cc->bs = bioset_create(MIN_IOS, 0);
+	cc->bs = bioset_create_rescued(MIN_IOS, 0);
 	if (!cc->bs) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate crypt bioset";
 		goto bad;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 3702e502466d..5557d5d97b5b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct dm_io_client *dm_io_client_create(void)
 	if (!client->pool)
 		goto bad;
 
-	client->bios = bioset_create(min_ios, 0);
+	client->bios = bioset_create_rescued(min_ios, 0);
 	if (!client->bios)
 		goto bad;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 8bf397729bbd..5590c571c0e7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1014,7 +1014,8 @@ static void flush_current_bio_list(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule)
 
 		while ((bio = bio_list_pop(&list))) {
 			struct bio_set *bs = bio->bi_pool;
-			if (unlikely(!bs) || bs == fs_bio_set) {
+			if (unlikely(!bs) || bs == fs_bio_set ||
+			    !bs->rescue_workqueue) {
 				bio_list_add(&current->bio_list[i], bio);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -2601,7 +2602,7 @@ struct dm_md_mempools *dm_alloc_md_mempools(struct mapped_device *md, unsigned t
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	pools->bs = bioset_create_nobvec(pool_size, front_pad);
+	pools->bs = bioset_create_nobvec_rescued(pool_size, front_pad);
 	if (!pools->bs)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index d1b04b0e99cf..2eb8bfae5276 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ static inline struct bio *bio_next_split(struct bio *bio, int sectors,
 }
 
 extern struct bio_set *bioset_create(unsigned int, unsigned int);
+extern struct bio_set *bioset_create_rescued(unsigned int, unsigned int);
 extern struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec(unsigned int, unsigned int);
+extern struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec_rescued(unsigned int, unsigned int);
 extern void bioset_free(struct bio_set *);
 extern mempool_t *biovec_create_pool(int pool_entries);
 
