diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index cd759ad90690e72d109aed4309adeb87755977e5..64d5ad0b8add85190ef600bb4f4887889729ef29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -628,11 +628,12 @@ static int hpet_cpuhp_notify(struct notifier_block *n,
 
 	switch (action & 0xf) {
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&work.work, hpet_work);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK_ON_STACK(&work.work, hpet_work);
 		init_completion(&work.complete);
 		/* FIXME: add schedule_work_on() */
 		schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &work.work, 0);
 		wait_for_completion(&work.complete);
+		destroy_timer_on_stack(&work.work.timer);
 		break;
 	case CPU_DEAD:
 		if (hdev) {
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index b36291130f2237e68c678f525e2e0128ec6c6cd1..20b59eb1facd55fb373e04f5ab39147d73327be7 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ struct execute_work {
 		init_timer_deferrable(&(_work)->timer);		\
 	} while (0)
 
+#define INIT_DELAYED_WORK_ON_STACK(_work, _func)		\
+	do {							\
+		INIT_WORK(&(_work)->work, (_func));		\
+		init_timer_on_stack(&(_work)->timer);		\
+	} while (0)
+
 /**
  * work_pending - Find out whether a work item is currently pending
  * @work: The work item in question