diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index d96e74e114c0..592653becd91 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ void		rpc_sleep_on_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *,
 					struct rpc_task *,
 					rpc_action action,
 					int priority);
+void rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+		struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
+		struct rpc_task *task);
 void		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(struct rpc_wait_queue *,
 					struct rpc_task *);
 void		rpc_wake_up(struct rpc_wait_queue *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 896691afbb1a..96fdf6011c53 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -458,6 +458,18 @@ static void rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct r
 	rpc_wake_up_task_on_wq_queue_locked(rpciod_workqueue, queue, task);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake up a task on a specific queue
+ */
+void rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+		struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
+		struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&queue->lock);
+	rpc_wake_up_task_on_wq_queue_locked(wq, queue, task);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Wake up a task on a specific queue
  */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 2436fd1125fc..8f0ad4f268da 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ void xprt_write_space(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (xprt->snd_task) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       write space: waking waiting task on "
 				"xprt %p\n", xprt);
-		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&xprt->pending, xprt->snd_task);
+		rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(xprtiod_workqueue,
+				&xprt->pending, xprt->snd_task);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }