diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
index 93d824ec3120ebfab0110f53a907e71a09c999dc..1e5a50c11d3c3546a59d286cbb84c402682cfb2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-genpool.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct llist_node *mce_gen_pool_prepare_records(void)
 	return new_head.first;
 }
 
-void mce_gen_pool_process(void)
+void mce_gen_pool_process(struct work_struct *__unused)
 {
 	struct llist_node *head;
 	struct mce_evt_llist *node, *tmp;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
index cd74a3f00aea8185c4e99eec72fb01bbaffb7306..903043e6a62b36a2c395c7aab52da6f85e34fc11 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce-internal.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct mce_evt_llist {
 	struct mce mce;
 };
 
-void mce_gen_pool_process(void);
+void mce_gen_pool_process(struct work_struct *__unused);
 bool mce_gen_pool_empty(void);
 int mce_gen_pool_add(struct mce *mce);
 int mce_gen_pool_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index ca15a7e1f97d691e498fe47716db46626ea1867c..0fef5406f0eb9bec5dbad3c419c5d58cd14c8800 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1315,16 +1315,6 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int vector, int flags)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Action optional processing happens here (picking up
- * from the list of faulting pages that do_machine_check()
- * placed into the genpool).
- */
-static void mce_process_work(struct work_struct *dummy)
-{
-	mce_gen_pool_process();
-}
-
 /*
  * Periodic polling timer for "silent" machine check errors.  If the
  * poller finds an MCE, poll 2x faster.  When the poller finds no more
@@ -2165,7 +2155,7 @@ int __init mcheck_init(void)
 	mce_register_decode_chain(&mce_default_nb);
 	mcheck_vendor_init_severity();
 
-	INIT_WORK(&mce_work, mce_process_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&mce_work, mce_gen_pool_process);
 	init_irq_work(&mce_irq_work, mce_irq_work_cb);
 
 	return 0;