diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index a35afdbc0161..1f0c509b40d3 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -971,6 +971,8 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static struct workqueue_struct *work_on_cpu_wq __read_mostly;
+
 struct work_for_cpu {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	long (*fn)(void *);
@@ -1001,7 +1003,7 @@ long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
 	INIT_WORK(&wfc.work, do_work_for_cpu);
 	wfc.fn = fn;
 	wfc.arg = arg;
-	schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
+	queue_work_on(cpu, work_on_cpu_wq, &wfc.work);
 	flush_work(&wfc.work);
 
 	return wfc.ret;
@@ -1019,4 +1021,8 @@ void __init init_workqueues(void)
 	hotcpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_callback, 0);
 	keventd_wq = create_workqueue("events");
 	BUG_ON(!keventd_wq);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	work_on_cpu_wq = create_workqueue("work_on_cpu");
+	BUG_ON(!work_on_cpu_wq);
+#endif
 }