diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera/cam_req_mgr/cam_req_mgr_workq.c b/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera/cam_req_mgr/cam_req_mgr_workq.c
index 6fdc832ebe22..051856854cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera/cam_req_mgr/cam_req_mgr_workq.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/msm/camera/cam_req_mgr/cam_req_mgr_workq.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ int cam_req_mgr_workq_create(char *name, int32_t num_tasks,
 		//if (flags & CAM_WORKQ_FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY)
 		//	wq_flags |= WQ_HIGHPRI;
 		wq_flags |= WQ_HIGHPRI;
+		wq_flags |= WQ_SYSFS;
 
 		if (flags & CAM_WORKQ_FLAG_SERIAL)
 			max_active_tasks = 1;