diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 8fdb710bfdd7..6a5658cb46da 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
 
 #include "workqueue_internal.h"
 
@@ -4957,6 +4958,10 @@ int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&saved_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/*
+	 * Not excluding isolated cpus on purpose.
+	 * If the user wishes to include them, we allow that.
+	 */
 	cpumask_and(cpumask, cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
 	if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask)) {
 		apply_wqattrs_lock();
@@ -5555,7 +5560,7 @@ int __init workqueue_init_early(void)
 	WARN_ON(__alignof__(struct pool_workqueue) < __alignof__(long long));
 
 	BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var(&wq_unbound_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL));
-	cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
+	cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_DOMAIN));
 
 	pwq_cache = KMEM_CACHE(pool_workqueue, SLAB_PANIC);