diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 3241659491b1..9aadc21d6525 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-refcount.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/work-simple.h>
 
 #include <asm/kmap_types.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ struct kioctx {
 	struct page		**ring_pages;
 	long			nr_pages;
 
-	struct work_struct	free_work;
+	struct swork_event	free_work;
 
 	/*
 	 * signals when all in-flight requests are done
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ static int __init aio_setup(void)
 		.mount		= aio_mount,
 		.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 	};
+	BUG_ON(swork_get());
 	aio_mnt = kern_mount(&aio_fs);
 	if (IS_ERR(aio_mnt))
 		panic("Failed to create aio fs mount.");
@@ -506,9 +508,9 @@ static int kiocb_cancel(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb *kiocb)
 	return cancel(kiocb);
 }
 
-static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
+static void free_ioctx(struct swork_event *sev)
 {
-	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(work, struct kioctx, free_work);
+	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(sev, struct kioctx, free_work);
 
 	pr_debug("freeing %p\n", ctx);
 
@@ -525,8 +527,8 @@ static void free_ioctx_reqs(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	if (ctx->requests_done)
 		complete(ctx->requests_done);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&ctx->free_work, free_ioctx);
-	schedule_work(&ctx->free_work);
+	INIT_SWORK(&ctx->free_work, free_ioctx);
+	swork_queue(&ctx->free_work);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -534,9 +536,9 @@ static void free_ioctx_reqs(struct percpu_ref *ref)
  * and ctx->users has dropped to 0, so we know no more kiocbs can be submitted -
  * now it's safe to cancel any that need to be.
  */
-static void free_ioctx_users(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+static void free_ioctx_users_work(struct swork_event *sev)
 {
-	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(ref, struct kioctx, users);
+	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(sev, struct kioctx, free_work);
 	struct kiocb *req;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
@@ -555,6 +557,14 @@ static void free_ioctx_users(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->reqs);
 }
 
+static void free_ioctx_users(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(ref, struct kioctx, users);
+
+	INIT_SWORK(&ctx->free_work, free_ioctx_users_work);
+	swork_queue(&ctx->free_work);
+}
+
 static int ioctx_add_table(struct kioctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
 	unsigned i, new_nr;