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diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 4f9c60ef95..87c50ccd1d 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ struct kthread_create_info
 	/* Result passed back to kthread_create() from keventd. */
 	struct task_struct *result;
 	struct completion done;
+
+	struct work_struct work;
 };
 
 struct kthread_stop_info
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ static struct kthread_stop_info kthread_stop_info;
 /**
  * kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
  *
- * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken
+ * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
  * and this will return true.  You should then return, and your return
  * value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
  */
@@ -111,9 +113,10 @@ static int kthread(void *_create)
 }
 
 /* We are keventd: create a thread. */
-static void keventd_create_kthread(void *_create)
+static void keventd_create_kthread(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct kthread_create_info *create = _create;
+	struct kthread_create_info *create =
+		container_of(work, struct kthread_create_info, work);
 	int pid;
 
 	/* We want our own signal handler (we take no signals by default). */
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ static void keventd_create_kthread(void *_create)
  * it.  See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
  *
  * When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
- * argument. @threadfn can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
+ * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
  * standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
  * return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
  * kthread_stop() has been called).  The return value should be zero
@@ -154,20 +157,20 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 				   ...)
 {
 	struct kthread_create_info create;
-	DECLARE_WORK(work, keventd_create_kthread, &create);
 
 	create.threadfn = threadfn;
 	create.data = data;
 	init_completion(&create.started);
 	init_completion(&create.done);
+	INIT_WORK(&create.work, keventd_create_kthread);
 
 	/*
 	 * The workqueue needs to start up first:
 	 */
 	if (!helper_wq)
-		work.func(work.data);
+		create.work.func(&create.work);
 	else {
-		queue_work(helper_wq, &work);
+		queue_work(helper_wq, &create.work);
 		wait_for_completion(&create.done);
 	}
 	if (!IS_ERR(create.result)) {
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_create);
  *
  * Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
  * except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
- * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create().
+ * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
  */
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
 {