diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 9943e5fd74e6..470cdd5b924b 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ static void __init start_shepherd_timer(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		INIT_DEFERRABLE_WORK(per_cpu_ptr(&vmstat_work, cpu),
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(per_cpu_ptr(&vmstat_work, cpu),
 			vmstat_update);
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_stat_off, GFP_KERNEL))