diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device.c
index 46049f005b02ec8b78cb13833b7bcd2161e172d0..621a3b53a0384e1ff3aa367eeb242aef21b6dbf2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_device.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void kgd2kfd_interrupt(struct kfd_dev *kfd, const void *ih_ring_entry)
 	if (kfd->interrupts_active
 	    && interrupt_is_wanted(kfd, ih_ring_entry)
 	    && enqueue_ih_ring_entry(kfd, ih_ring_entry))
-		schedule_work(&kfd->interrupt_work);
+		queue_work(kfd->ih_wq, &kfd->interrupt_work);
 
 	spin_unlock(&kfd->interrupt_lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_interrupt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_interrupt.c
index 9c08d4670b7f716fd9657dcdb41864e741549347..035c351f47c5ac0c49018ef49d23f36f6ea8e887 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_interrupt.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int kfd_interrupt_init(struct kfd_dev *kfd)
 		return r;
 	}
 
+	kfd->ih_wq = alloc_workqueue("KFD IH", WQ_HIGHPRI, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&kfd->interrupt_lock);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&kfd->interrupt_work, interrupt_wq);
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ void kfd_interrupt_exit(struct kfd_dev *kfd)
 	 * work-queue items that will access interrupt_ring. New work items
 	 * can't be created because we stopped interrupt handling above.
 	 */
-	flush_work(&kfd->interrupt_work);
+	flush_workqueue(kfd->ih_wq);
 
 	kfifo_free(&kfd->ih_fifo);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
index 0aec5ca8a9649ec18d57f349dc7f569ccc2a25dc..6a91a60c64cf1754344cf48682f01e4f62605c89 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct kfd_dev {
 
 	/* Interrupts */
 	struct kfifo ih_fifo;
+	struct workqueue_struct *ih_wq;
 	struct work_struct interrupt_work;
 	spinlock_t interrupt_lock;