1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 4f9c60ef95e8..1db8c72d0d38 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ struct kthread_create_info
         /* Result passed back to kthread_create() from keventd. */
         struct task_struct *result;
         struct completion done;
+
+        struct work_struct work;
 };
 
 struct kthread_stop_info
@@ -111,9 +113,10 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 }
 
 /* We are keventd: create a thread. */
-static void keventd_create_kthread(void *_create)
+static void keventd_create_kthread(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-        struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
+        struct kthread_create_info *create =
+                container_of(work, struct kthread_create_info, work);
         int pid;
 
         /* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
@@ -154,20 +157,20 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
                                    ...)
 {
         struct kthread_create_info create;
-        DECLARE_WORK(work, keventd_create_kthread, &create);
 
         create.threadfn = threadfn;
         create.data = data;
         init_completion(&create.started);
         init_completion(&create.done);
+        INIT_WORK(&create.work, keventd_create_kthread);
 
         /*
          * The workqueue needs to start up first:
          */
         if (!helper_wq)
-                work.func(work.data);
+                create.work.func(&create.work);
         else {
-                queue_work(helper_wq, &work);
+                queue_work(helper_wq, &create.work);
                 wait_for_completion(&create.done);
         }
         if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {