diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 2e469538643ae26e291f1352923ad00194e3d598..d170c57665406d05aeadf880ab2c0400012696c3 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2426,8 +2426,14 @@ static int rescuer_thread(void *__rescuer)
 			 */
 			if (need_to_create_worker(pool)) {
 				spin_lock(&wq_mayday_lock);
-				get_pwq(pwq);
-				list_move_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
+				/*
+				 * Queue iff we aren't racing destruction
+				 * and somebody else hasn't queued it already.
+				 */
+				if (wq->rescuer && list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node)) {
+					get_pwq(pwq);
+					list_add_tail(&pwq->mayday_node, &wq->maydays);
+				}
 				spin_unlock(&wq_mayday_lock);
 			}
 		}
@@ -4570,7 +4576,8 @@ static void show_pwq(struct pool_workqueue *pwq)
 	pr_info("  pwq %d:", pool->id);
 	pr_cont_pool_info(pool);
 
-	pr_cont(" active=%d/%d%s\n", pwq->nr_active, pwq->max_active,
+	pr_cont(" active=%d/%d refcnt=%d%s\n",
+		pwq->nr_active, pwq->max_active, pwq->refcnt,
 		!list_empty(&pwq->mayday_node) ? " MAYDAY" : "");
 
 	hash_for_each(pool->busy_hash, bkt, worker, hentry) {