diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
index 38b238639e16..987a8ad3f464 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c
@@ -4392,7 +4392,7 @@ int kgsl_device_platform_probe(struct kgsl_device *device)
 	kgsl_device_events_probe(device);
 
 	device->events_wq = alloc_workqueue("kgsl-events",
-		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS, 0);
+		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_SYSFS | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
 
 	/* Initialize common sysfs entries */
 	kgsl_pwrctrl_init_sysfs(device);