diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index 89ee5929eb6de4060536e89885aba5f13f19577c..bcad917fd89a95b48e6be65399711a97ad37f8d6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ static void virtscsi_ctrl_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 	virtscsi_vq_done(vscsi, &vscsi->ctrl_vq, virtscsi_complete_free);
 };
 
+static void virtscsi_handle_event(struct work_struct *work);
+
 static int virtscsi_kick_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
 			       struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node)
 {
@@ -260,6 +262,7 @@ static int virtscsi_kick_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, virtscsi_handle_event);
 	sg_init_one(&sg, &event_node->event, sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_event));
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vscsi->event_vq.vq_lock, flags);
@@ -377,7 +380,6 @@ static void virtscsi_complete_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, void *buf)
 {
 	struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node = buf;
 
-	INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, virtscsi_handle_event);
 	schedule_work(&event_node->work);
 }