diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index bd3c9fb029fa..3c874033cddc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ struct ipmi_user {
 	struct work_struct remove_work;
 };
 
+struct workqueue_struct *remove_work_wq;
+
 static struct ipmi_user *acquire_ipmi_user(struct ipmi_user *user, int *index)
 	__acquires(user->release_barrier)
 {
@@ -1286,7 +1288,7 @@ static void free_user(struct kref *ref)
 	struct ipmi_user *user = container_of(ref, struct ipmi_user, refcount);
 
 	/* SRCU cleanup must happen in task context. */
-	schedule_work(&user->remove_work);
+	queue_work(remove_work_wq, &user->remove_work);
 }
 
 static void _ipmi_destroy_user(struct ipmi_user *user)
@@ -5161,6 +5163,13 @@ static int ipmi_init_msghandler(void)
 
 	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &panic_block);
 
+	remove_work_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ipmi-msghandler-remove-wq");
+	if (!remove_work_wq) {
+		pr_err("unable to create ipmi-msghandler-remove-wq workqueue");
+		rv = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	initialized = true;
 
 out:
@@ -5186,6 +5195,8 @@ static void __exit cleanup_ipmi(void)
 	int count;
 
 	if (initialized) {
+		destroy_workqueue(remove_work_wq);
+
 		atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
 						 &panic_block);