diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index ee6aa1b897e0..b6b690a17f7c 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2217,12 +2217,11 @@ static struct worker *create_worker(struct worker_pool *pool)
 
 	worker->pool->nr_workers++;
 	worker_enter_idle(worker);
-	kick_pool(pool);
 
 	/*
 	 * @worker is waiting on a completion in kthread() and will trigger hung
-	 * check if not woken up soon. As kick_pool() might not have waken it
-	 * up, wake it up explicitly once more.
+	 * check if not woken up soon. As kick_pool() is noop if @pool is empty,
+	 * wake it up explicitly.
 	 */
 	wake_up_process(worker->task);