diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
index 542526c6e8ef118a057a2441429f79701f2b320d..14d47120682b81211ac6a86b2e2841cd09c01778 100644
--- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ __create_workqueue_key(const char *name, int singlethread,
 extern void destroy_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
 
 extern int queue_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work);
+extern int queue_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+			struct work_struct *work);
 extern int queue_delayed_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 			struct delayed_work *work, unsigned long delay);
 extern int queue_delayed_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq,
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ extern void flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq);
 extern void flush_scheduled_work(void);
 
 extern int schedule_work(struct work_struct *work);
+extern int schedule_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work);
 extern int 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);
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index a6d36346d10ad11efc2cf0461720b34e5392ba19..6fd158b2102688c254b4dd23614eb8783c078289 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ static void insert_work(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq,
 	wake_up(&cwq->more_work);
 }
 
-/* Preempt must be disabled. */
 static void __queue_work(struct cpu_workqueue_struct *cwq,
 			 struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -175,6 +174,31 @@ int queue_work(struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_work);
 
+/**
+ * queue_work_on - queue work on specific cpu
+ * @cpu: CPU number to execute work on
+ * @wq: workqueue to use
+ * @work: work to queue
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if @work was already on a queue, non-zero otherwise.
+ *
+ * We queue the work to a specific CPU, the caller must ensure it
+ * can't go away.
+ */
+int
+queue_work_on(int cpu, struct workqueue_struct *wq, struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING, work_data_bits(work))) {
+		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&work->entry));
+		__queue_work(wq_per_cpu(wq, cpu), work);
+		ret = 1;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_work_on);
+
 static void delayed_work_timer_fn(unsigned long __data)
 {
 	struct delayed_work *dwork = (struct delayed_work *)__data;
@@ -553,6 +577,19 @@ int schedule_work(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_work);
 
+/*
+ * schedule_work_on - put work task on a specific cpu
+ * @cpu: cpu to put the work task on
+ * @work: job to be done
+ *
+ * This puts a job on a specific cpu
+ */
+int schedule_work_on(int cpu, struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	return queue_work_on(cpu, keventd_wq, work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule_work_on);
+
 /**
  * schedule_delayed_work - put work task in global workqueue after delay
  * @dwork: job to be done