diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 191c56064f19..6b25b2f4f5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ long drm_sched_entity_flush(struct drm_sched_entity *entity, long timeout)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_flush);
 
-static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_irq_work(struct irq_work *wrk)
+static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(struct work_struct *wrk)
 {
 	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(wrk, typeof(*job), work);
 
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_cb(struct dma_fence *f,
 	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_job,
 						 finish_cb);
 
-	init_irq_work(&job->work, drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_irq_work);
-	irq_work_queue(&job->work);
+	INIT_WORK(&job->work, drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work);
+	schedule_work(&job->work);
 }
 
 static struct dma_fence *
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index 0fca8f38bee4..addb135eeea6 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-fence.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
-#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #define MAX_WAIT_SCHED_ENTITY_Q_EMPTY msecs_to_jiffies(1000)
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ struct drm_sched_job {
 	 */
 	union {
 		struct dma_fence_cb		finish_cb;
-		struct irq_work 		work;
+		struct work_struct 		work;
 	};
 
 	uint64_t			id;