diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 9e6d3a87cbe3fab9fced8a0e7efc5a32c733ee11..5a14fac13b12effdcd5c504715e43e2f65ce4458 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static DECLARE_WORK(floppy_work, NULL, NULL);
 
 static void schedule_bh(void (*handler) (void))
 {
-	PREPARE_WORK(&floppy_work, (void (*)(void *))handler, NULL);
+	PREPARE_WORK(&floppy_work, (work_func_t)handler, NULL);
 	schedule_work(&floppy_work);
 }
 
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static void cancel_activity(void)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&floppy_lock, flags);
 	do_floppy = NULL;
-	PREPARE_WORK(&floppy_work, (void *)empty, NULL);
+	PREPARE_WORK(&floppy_work, (work_func_t)empty, NULL);
 	del_timer(&fd_timer);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&floppy_lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 9faaccae570ee987f33fd2ce1a5438e5b7ef596a..cef40b22ff9a43c69e49f31cfa776bccd039c1e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 
 struct workqueue_struct;
 
+typedef void (*work_func_t)(void *data);
+
 struct work_struct {
 	unsigned long pending;
 	struct list_head entry;
-	void (*func)(void *);
+	work_func_t func;
 	void *data;
 	void *wq_data;
 };
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ extern int FASTCALL(schedule_work(struct work_struct *work));
 extern int FASTCALL(schedule_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay));
 
 extern int schedule_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
-extern int schedule_on_each_cpu(void (*func)(void *info), void *info);
+extern int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func, void *info);
 extern void flush_scheduled_work(void);
 extern int current_is_keventd(void);
 extern int keventd_up(void);
@@ -100,8 +102,7 @@ extern void init_workqueues(void);
 void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *work);
 void cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *,
 				       struct delayed_work *);
-int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *), void *,
-			       struct execute_work *);
+int execute_in_process_context(work_func_t fn, void *, struct execute_work *);
 
 /*
  * Kill off a pending schedule_delayed_work().  Note that the work callback
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 44fc54b7decf9d17ccef37ecdc05b985a0ac289d..1e9d61ecf762cfa81e6c042cdea9e5de88ff565b 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void run_workqueue(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq)
 	while (!list_empty(&cwq->worklist)) {
 		struct work_struct *work = list_entry(cwq->worklist.next,
 						struct work_struct, entry);
-		void (*f) (void *) = work->func;
+		work_func_t f = work->func;
 		void *data = work->data;
 
 		list_del_init(cwq->worklist.next);
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_delayed_work_on);
  *
  * schedule_on_each_cpu() is very slow.
  */
-int schedule_on_each_cpu(void (*func)(void *info), void *info)
+int schedule_on_each_cpu(work_func_t func, void *info)
 {
 	int cpu;
 	struct work_struct *works;
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_rearming_delayed_work);
  * Returns:	0 - function was executed
  *		1 - function was scheduled for execution
  */
-int execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *data), void *data,
+int execute_in_process_context(work_func_t fn, void *data,
 			       struct execute_work *ew)
 {
 	if (!in_interrupt()) {