diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 0f9da966934e..8bbcaad7ef0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ extern void __kthread_init_worker(struct kthread_worker *worker,
 	do {								\
 		kthread_init_work(&(dwork)->work, (fn));		\
 		timer_setup(&(dwork)->timer,				\
-			     kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn, 0);		\
+			     kthread_delayed_work_timer_fn,		\
+			     TIMER_IRQSAFE);				\
 	} while (0)
 
 int kthread_worker_fn(void *worker_ptr);