diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 4d8e11f94a35..8aabe12201f8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void sunrpc_init_cache_detail(struct cache_detail *cd)
 	spin_unlock(&cache_list_lock);
 
 	/* start the cleaning process */
-	schedule_delayed_work(&cache_cleaner, 0);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &cache_cleaner, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sunrpc_init_cache_detail);
 
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ static void do_cache_clean(struct work_struct *work)
 		delay = 0;
 
 	if (delay)
-		schedule_delayed_work(&cache_cleaner, delay);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
+				   &cache_cleaner, delay);
 }