diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index c654a3e0c697b36f008b934a8ed276bb6c110373..cb8d691576da5c30a084db075686c7286158b048 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ static void fn_spawn_con(struct vc_data *vc)
 static void fn_SAK(struct vc_data *vc)
 {
 	struct work_struct *SAK_work = &vc_cons[fg_console].SAK_work;
-	PREPARE_WORK(SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 	schedule_work(SAK_work);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 3757610b7835d4952e992563821293e6cc781fcd..be73c80d699d5edc4570a5e09c83af3727bc333d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_loglevel_op = {
 static void sysrq_handle_SAK(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct work_struct *SAK_work = &vc_cons[fg_console].SAK_work;
-	PREPARE_WORK(SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 	schedule_work(SAK_work);
 }
 static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_SAK_op = {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 65672c57470b87282c3f4a73d261564310ca5565..5289254e7ab3f1e0d0fdfbf48e411e07fdc9c31a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3442,7 +3442,6 @@ void do_SAK(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	if (!tty)
 		return;
-	PREPARE_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, do_SAK_work);
 	schedule_work(&tty->SAK_work);
 }
 
@@ -3568,7 +3567,7 @@ static void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	mutex_init(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&tty->read_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tty->tty_files);
-	INIT_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, NULL);
+	INIT_WORK(&tty->SAK_work, do_SAK_work);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 94ce3e7fc9e419be797bcd46647586d30a4457b5..c3f8e383933bbb957ffd2f50982558eb5cf08b81 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2635,6 +2635,7 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
 	 */
 	for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
 		vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct vc_data));
+		INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 		visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
 		vc->vc_screenbuf = (unsigned short *)alloc_bootmem(vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
 		vc->vc_kmalloced = 0;