diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 5f859653442de924fe5e996c0a100ead32d53e05..6c311f92c11dfd0b028700d9e5d8778b2b979884 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ struct vblank_event {
 	bool enable;
 };
 
-static void vblank_ctrl_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
+static void vblank_ctrl_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct msm_vblank_ctrl *vbl_ctrl = container_of(work,
 						struct msm_vblank_ctrl, work);
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ static int vblank_ctrl_queue_work(struct msm_drm_private *priv,
 	list_add_tail(&vbl_ev->node, &vbl_ctrl->event_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vbl_ctrl->lock, flags);
 
-	kthread_queue_work(&priv->disp_thread[crtc_id].worker,
-			&vbl_ctrl->work);
+	queue_work(priv->wq, &vbl_ctrl->work);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ static int msm_drm_uninit(struct device *dev)
 	 * work before drm_irq_uninstall() to avoid work re-enabling an
 	 * irq after uninstall has disabled it.
 	 */
-	kthread_flush_work(&vbl_ctrl->work);
+	flush_work(&vbl_ctrl->work);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vbl_ev, tmp, &vbl_ctrl->event_list, node) {
 		list_del(&vbl_ev->node);
 		kfree(vbl_ev);
@@ -489,7 +488,7 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->inactive_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->vblank_ctrl.event_list);
-	kthread_init_work(&priv->vblank_ctrl.work, vblank_ctrl_worker);
+	INIT_WORK(&priv->vblank_ctrl.work, vblank_ctrl_worker);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->vblank_ctrl.lock);
 
 	drm_mode_config_init(ddev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
index 197ed319a97b26def60b033f3e82c4151401bcf7..e2689c2e580e9a2912d24cd53475b0f1f24bf93b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ enum msm_mdp_plane_property {
 };
 
 struct msm_vblank_ctrl {
-	struct kthread_work work;
+	struct work_struct work;
 	struct list_head event_list;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 };