diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index 1a1110b..5a05014 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
 static struct sk_buff_head afs_incoming_calls;
 static DECLARE_WORK(afs_collect_incoming_call_work, afs_collect_incoming_call);
 
+static void afs_async_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct afs_call *call = container_of(work, struct afs_call, async_work);
+
+	call->async_workfn(work);
+}
+
 /*
  * open an RxRPC socket and bind it to be a server for callback notifications
  * - the socket is left in blocking mode and non-blocking ops use MSG_DONTWAIT
@@ -348,7 +355,8 @@
 	       atomic_read(&afs_outstanding_calls));
 
 	call->wait_mode = wait_mode;
-	INIT_WORK(&call->async_work, afs_process_async_call);
+	call->async_workfn = afs_process_async_call;
+	INIT_WORK(&call->async_work, afs_async_workfn);
 
 	memset(&srx, 0, sizeof(srx));
 	srx.srx_family = AF_RXRPC;
@@ -672,13 +680,6 @@
 	call->reply_size += len;
 }
 
-static void afs_async_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct afs_call *call = container_of(work, struct afs_call, async_work);
-
-	call->async_workfn(work);
-}
-
 /*
  * accept the backlog of incoming calls
  */