diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index e72fb64..82c4fa7 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 
 /*
- * The per-CPU workqueue (if single thread, we always use cpu 0's).
+ * The per-CPU workqueue (if single thread, we always use the first
+ * possible cpu).
  *
  * The sequence counters are for flush_scheduled_work().  It wants to wait
  * until until all currently-scheduled works are completed, but it doesn't
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(workqueue_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(workqueues);
 
+static int singlethread_cpu;
+
 /* If it's single threaded, it isn't in the list of workqueues. */
 static inline int is_single_threaded(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 {
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@
 
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &work->pending)) {
 		if (unlikely(is_single_threaded(wq)))
-			cpu = any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map);
+			cpu = singlethread_cpu;
 		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&work->entry));
 		__queue_work(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu), work);
 		ret = 1;
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	if (unlikely(is_single_threaded(wq)))
-		cpu = any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map);
+		cpu = singlethread_cpu;
 
 	__queue_work(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu), work);
 }
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@
 
 	if (is_single_threaded(wq)) {
 		/* Always use first cpu's area. */
-		flush_cpu_workqueue(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map)));
+		flush_cpu_workqueue(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, singlethread_cpu));
 	} else {
 		int cpu;
 
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@
 	lock_cpu_hotplug();
 	if (singlethread) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->list);
-		p = create_workqueue_thread(wq, any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
+		p = create_workqueue_thread(wq, singlethread_cpu);
 		if (!p)
 			destroy = 1;
 		else
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@
 	/* We don't need the distraction of CPUs appearing and vanishing. */
 	lock_cpu_hotplug();
 	if (is_single_threaded(wq))
-		cleanup_workqueue_thread(wq, any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map));
+		cleanup_workqueue_thread(wq, singlethread_cpu);
 	else {
 		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 			cleanup_workqueue_thread(wq, cpu);
@@ -567,6 +570,7 @@
 
 void init_workqueues(void)
 {
+	singlethread_cpu = first_cpu(cpu_possible_map);
 	hotcpu_notifier(workqueue_cpu_callback, 0);
 	keventd_wq = create_workqueue("events");
 	BUG_ON(!keventd_wq);