diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.h b/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.h
index dace124994bb2683cc0c66218dcd5cdd15902d2b..136c3a9d4997630aa48cc96061c0cd8e02b4b936 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/dev.h
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct host1x {
 	struct clk *clk;
 
 	struct mutex intr_mutex;
-	struct workqueue_struct *intr_wq;
 	int intr_syncpt_irq;
 
 	const struct host1x_syncpt_ops *syncpt_op;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/intr_hw.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/intr_hw.c
index e1e31e9e67cd96bdb17297ec66fb1ad8415a0ebd..10f81687b566ae31ef8ebd44a3f0b88b406c5a97 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/intr_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/intr_hw.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void host1x_intr_syncpt_handle(struct host1x_syncpt *syncpt)
 	host1x_sync_writel(host, BIT_MASK(id),
 		HOST1X_SYNC_SYNCPT_THRESH_CPU0_INT_STATUS(BIT_WORD(id)));
 
-	queue_work(host->intr_wq, &syncpt->intr.work);
+	schedule_work(&syncpt->intr.work);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t syncpt_thresh_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
@@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ static void _host1x_intr_disable_syncpt_intr(struct host1x *host, u32 id)
 
 static int _host1x_free_syncpt_irq(struct host1x *host)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	devm_free_irq(host->dev, host->intr_syncpt_irq, host);
-	flush_workqueue(host->intr_wq);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < host->info->nb_pts; i++)
+		cancel_work_sync(&host->syncpt[i].intr.work);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
index 2491bf82e30cafa05f5fc10721fd4a13993c6477..81de286a2f604986721a34ad73d7811fbd97b28f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/intr.c
@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ int host1x_intr_init(struct host1x *host, unsigned int irq_sync)
 
 	mutex_init(&host->intr_mutex);
 	host->intr_syncpt_irq = irq_sync;
-	host->intr_wq = create_workqueue("host_syncpt");
-	if (!host->intr_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (id = 0; id < nb_pts; ++id) {
 		struct host1x_syncpt *syncpt = host->syncpt + id;
@@ -299,7 +296,6 @@ int host1x_intr_init(struct host1x *host, unsigned int irq_sync)
 void host1x_intr_deinit(struct host1x *host)
 {
 	host1x_intr_stop(host);
-	destroy_workqueue(host->intr_wq);
 }
 
 void host1x_intr_start(struct host1x *host)