diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index b2c4ba5686ee..cffe6b4cff9f 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -145,6 +145,39 @@ static void async_run_entry_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	wake_up(&async_done);
 }
 
+static async_cookie_t __async_schedule_node_domain(async_func_t func,
+						   void *data, int node,
+						   struct async_domain *domain,
+						   struct async_entry *entry)
+{
+	async_cookie_t newcookie;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->domain_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->global_list);
+	INIT_WORK(&entry->work, async_run_entry_fn);
+	entry->func = func;
+	entry->data = data;
+	entry->domain = domain;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock, flags);
+
+	/* allocate cookie and queue */
+	newcookie = entry->cookie = next_cookie++;
+
+	list_add_tail(&entry->domain_list, &domain->pending);
+	if (domain->registered)
+		list_add_tail(&entry->global_list, &async_global_pending);
+
+	atomic_inc(&entry_count);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
+
+	/* schedule for execution */
+	queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &entry->work);
+
+	return newcookie;
+}
+
 /**
  * async_schedule_node_domain - NUMA specific version of async_schedule_domain
  * @func: function to execute asynchronously
@@ -186,29 +219,8 @@ async_cookie_t async_schedule_node_domain(async_func_t func, void *data,
 		func(data, newcookie);
 		return newcookie;
 	}
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->domain_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->global_list);
-	INIT_WORK(&entry->work, async_run_entry_fn);
-	entry->func = func;
-	entry->data = data;
-	entry->domain = domain;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock, flags);
-
-	/* allocate cookie and queue */
-	newcookie = entry->cookie = next_cookie++;
-
-	list_add_tail(&entry->domain_list, &domain->pending);
-	if (domain->registered)
-		list_add_tail(&entry->global_list, &async_global_pending);
-
-	atomic_inc(&entry_count);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
-
-	/* schedule for execution */
-	queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &entry->work);
-
-	return newcookie;
+	return __async_schedule_node_domain(func, data, node, domain, entry);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_node_domain);