diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
index af0054bcd95e..9e00d2c08234 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ static void drawobj_sync_func(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	kgsl_drawobj_put(&event->syncobj->base);
 }
 
-static void drawobj_sync_timeline_fence_work(struct irq_work *work)
+static void drawobj_sync_timeline_fence_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct kgsl_drawobj_sync_event *event = container_of(work,
 		struct kgsl_drawobj_sync_event, work);
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ static void drawobj_sync_timeline_fence_callback(struct dma_fence *f,
 	 * removing the fence
 	 */
 	if (drawobj_sync_expire(event->device, event))
-		irq_work_queue(&event->work);
+		queue_work(kgsl_driver.mem_workqueue, &event->work);
 }
 
 static void syncobj_destroy(struct kgsl_drawobj *drawobj)
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ static int drawobj_add_sync_timeline(struct kgsl_device *device,
 	event->device = device;
 	event->context = NULL;
 	event->fence = fence;
-	init_irq_work(&event->work, drawobj_sync_timeline_fence_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&event->work, drawobj_sync_timeline_fence_work);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->cb.node);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.h b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.h
index 3719dc171e1d..a1e160a220fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl_drawobj.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef __KGSL_DRAWOBJ_H
@@ -170,8 +171,8 @@ struct kgsl_drawobj_sync_event {
 	struct dma_fence *fence;
 	/** @cb: Callback struct for KGSL_CMD_SYNCPOINT_TYPE_TIMELINE */
 	struct dma_fence_cb cb;
-	/** @work : irq worker for KGSL_CMD_SYNCPOINT_TYPE_TIMELINE */
-	struct irq_work work;
+	/** @work : work_struct for KGSL_CMD_SYNCPOINT_TYPE_TIMELINE */
+	struct work_struct work;
 };
 
 #define KGSL_DRAWOBJ_FLAGS \