diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 48929df7673b1e..6db709e2c34b10 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ cleanup_bmc_device(struct kref *ref)
 	 * with removing the device attributes while reading a device
 	 * attribute.
 	 */
-	schedule_work(&bmc->remove_work);
+	queue_work(remove_work_wq, &bmc->remove_work);
 }
 
 /*