diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 5a201d8..fbd76de 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include "async-thread.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
 
@@ -55,8 +54,39 @@
 	struct __btrfs_workqueue *high;
 };
 
-static inline struct __btrfs_workqueue
-*__btrfs_alloc_workqueue(const char *name, int flags, int max_active,
+static void normal_work_helper(struct btrfs_work *work);
+
+#define BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(name)					\
+void btrfs_##name(struct work_struct *arg)				\
+{									\
+	struct btrfs_work *work = container_of(arg, struct btrfs_work,	\
+					       normal_work);		\
+	normal_work_helper(work);					\
+}
+
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(worker_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(delalloc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(flush_delalloc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(cache_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(submit_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(fixup_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(endio_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(endio_meta_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(endio_meta_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(endio_raid56_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(rmw_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(endio_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(freespace_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(delayed_meta_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(readahead_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(qgroup_rescan_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(extent_refs_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(scrub_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(scrubwrc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER(scrubnc_helper);
+
+static struct __btrfs_workqueue *
+__btrfs_alloc_workqueue(const char *name, int flags, int max_active,
 			 int thresh)
 {
 	struct __btrfs_workqueue *ret = kzalloc(sizeof(*ret), GFP_NOFS);
@@ -232,13 +262,11 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void normal_work_helper(struct work_struct *arg)
+static void normal_work_helper(struct btrfs_work *work)
 {
-	struct btrfs_work *work;
 	struct __btrfs_workqueue *wq;
 	int need_order = 0;
 
-	work = container_of(arg, struct btrfs_work, normal_work);
 	/*
 	 * We should not touch things inside work in the following cases:
 	 * 1) after work->func() if it has no ordered_free
@@ -262,7 +290,7 @@
 		trace_btrfs_all_work_done(work);
 }
 
-void btrfs_init_work(struct btrfs_work *work,
+void btrfs_init_work(struct btrfs_work *work, btrfs_work_func_t uniq_func,
 		     btrfs_func_t func,
 		     btrfs_func_t ordered_func,
 		     btrfs_func_t ordered_free)
@@ -270,7 +298,7 @@
 	work->func = func;
 	work->ordered_func = ordered_func;
 	work->ordered_free = ordered_free;
-	INIT_WORK(&work->normal_work, normal_work_helper);
+	INIT_WORK(&work->normal_work, uniq_func);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->ordered_list);
 	work->flags = 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.h b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.h
index 9c6b66d1..e9e31c9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.h
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 
 #ifndef __BTRFS_ASYNC_THREAD_
 #define __BTRFS_ASYNC_THREAD_
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 struct btrfs_workqueue;
 /* Internal use only */
 struct __btrfs_workqueue;
 struct btrfs_work;
 typedef void (*btrfs_func_t)(struct btrfs_work *arg);
+typedef void (*btrfs_work_func_t)(struct work_struct *arg);
 
 struct btrfs_work {
 	btrfs_func_t func;
@@ -38,11 +40,35 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 };
 
+#define BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(name)					\
+void btrfs_##name(struct work_struct *arg)
+
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(worker_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(delalloc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(flush_delalloc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(cache_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(submit_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(fixup_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(endio_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(endio_meta_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(endio_meta_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(endio_raid56_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(rmw_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(endio_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(freespace_write_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(delayed_meta_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(readahead_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(qgroup_rescan_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(extent_refs_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(scrub_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(scrubwrc_helper);
+BTRFS_WORK_HELPER_PROTO(scrubnc_helper);
+
 struct btrfs_workqueue *btrfs_alloc_workqueue(const char *name,
 					      int flags,
 					      int max_active,
 					      int thresh);
-void btrfs_init_work(struct btrfs_work *work,
+void btrfs_init_work(struct btrfs_work *work, btrfs_work_func_t helper,
 		     btrfs_func_t func,
 		     btrfs_func_t ordered_func,
 		     btrfs_func_t ordered_free);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index da775bf..a2e90f8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1395,8 +1395,8 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	async_work->delayed_root = delayed_root;
-	btrfs_init_work(&async_work->work, btrfs_async_run_delayed_root,
-			NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&async_work->work, btrfs_delayed_meta_helper,
+			btrfs_async_run_delayed_root, NULL, NULL);
 	async_work->nr = nr;
 
 	btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->delayed_workers, &async_work->work);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index c99a414..a1d36e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "btrfs_inode.h"
 #include "volumes.h"
 #include "print-tree.h"
-#include "async-thread.h"
 #include "locking.h"
 #include "tree-log.h"
 #include "free-space-cache.h"
@@ -693,35 +692,41 @@
 {
 	struct end_io_wq *end_io_wq = bio->bi_private;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue *wq;
+	btrfs_work_func_t func;
 
 	fs_info = end_io_wq->info;
 	end_io_wq->error = err;
-	btrfs_init_work(&end_io_wq->work, end_workqueue_fn, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE) {
-		if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_METADATA)
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
-		else if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_FREE_SPACE)
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_freespace_worker,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
-		else if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_RAID56)
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_raid56_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
-		else
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_write_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
+		if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_METADATA) {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_meta_write_helper;
+		} else if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_FREE_SPACE) {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_freespace_worker;
+			func = btrfs_freespace_write_helper;
+		} else if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_RAID56) {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_raid56_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_raid56_helper;
+		} else {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_write_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_write_helper;
+		}
 	} else {
-		if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_RAID56)
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_raid56_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
-		else if (end_io_wq->metadata)
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_meta_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
-		else
-			btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->endio_workers,
-					 &end_io_wq->work);
+		if (end_io_wq->metadata == BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_RAID56) {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_raid56_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_raid56_helper;
+		} else if (end_io_wq->metadata) {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_meta_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_meta_helper;
+		} else {
+			wq = fs_info->endio_workers;
+			func = btrfs_endio_helper;
+		}
 	}
+
+	btrfs_init_work(&end_io_wq->work, func, end_workqueue_fn, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_queue_work(wq, &end_io_wq->work);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -828,7 +833,7 @@
 	async->submit_bio_start = submit_bio_start;
 	async->submit_bio_done = submit_bio_done;
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&async->work, run_one_async_start,
+	btrfs_init_work(&async->work, btrfs_worker_helper, run_one_async_start,
 			run_one_async_done, run_one_async_free);
 
 	async->bio_flags = bio_flags;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5524434..3efe1c3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -552,7 +552,8 @@
 	caching_ctl->block_group = cache;
 	caching_ctl->progress = cache->key.objectid;
 	atomic_set(&caching_ctl->count, 1);
-	btrfs_init_work(&caching_ctl->work, caching_thread, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&caching_ctl->work, btrfs_cache_helper,
+			caching_thread, NULL, NULL);
 
 	spin_lock(&cache->lock);
 	/*
@@ -2749,8 +2750,8 @@
 		async->sync = 0;
 	init_completion(&async->wait);
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&async->work, delayed_ref_async_start,
-			NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&async->work, btrfs_extent_refs_helper,
+			delayed_ref_async_start, NULL, NULL);
 
 	btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->extent_workers, &async->work);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ae98df6..3d020d6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1096,8 +1096,10 @@
 		async_cow->end = cur_end;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&async_cow->extents);
 
-		btrfs_init_work(&async_cow->work, async_cow_start,
-				async_cow_submit, async_cow_free);
+		btrfs_init_work(&async_cow->work,
+				btrfs_delalloc_helper,
+				async_cow_start, async_cow_submit,
+				async_cow_free);
 
 		nr_pages = (cur_end - start + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) >>
 			PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -1881,7 +1883,8 @@
 
 	SetPageChecked(page);
 	page_cache_get(page);
-	btrfs_init_work(&fixup->work, btrfs_writepage_fixup_worker, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&fixup->work, btrfs_fixup_helper,
+			btrfs_writepage_fixup_worker, NULL, NULL);
 	fixup->page = page;
 	btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->fixup_workers, &fixup->work);
 	return -EBUSY;
@@ -2822,7 +2825,8 @@
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered_extent = NULL;
-	struct btrfs_workqueue *workers;
+	struct btrfs_workqueue *wq;
+	btrfs_work_func_t func;
 
 	trace_btrfs_writepage_end_io_hook(page, start, end, uptodate);
 
@@ -2831,13 +2835,17 @@
 					    end - start + 1, uptodate))
 		return 0;
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&ordered_extent->work, finish_ordered_fn, NULL, NULL);
+	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode)) {
+		wq = root->fs_info->endio_freespace_worker;
+		func = btrfs_freespace_write_helper;
+	} else {
+		wq = root->fs_info->endio_write_workers;
+		func = btrfs_endio_write_helper;
+	}
 
-	if (btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode))
-		workers = root->fs_info->endio_freespace_worker;
-	else
-		workers = root->fs_info->endio_write_workers;
-	btrfs_queue_work(workers, &ordered_extent->work);
+	btrfs_init_work(&ordered_extent->work, func, finish_ordered_fn, NULL,
+			NULL);
+	btrfs_queue_work(wq, &ordered_extent->work);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -7208,7 +7216,8 @@
 	if (!ret)
 		goto out_test;
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&ordered->work, finish_ordered_fn, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&ordered->work, btrfs_endio_write_helper,
+			finish_ordered_fn, NULL, NULL);
 	btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->endio_write_workers,
 			 &ordered->work);
 out_test:
@@ -8535,7 +8544,9 @@
 	work->inode = inode;
 	work->wait = wait;
 	work->delay_iput = delay_iput;
-	btrfs_init_work(&work->work, btrfs_run_delalloc_work, NULL, NULL);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode);
+	btrfs_init_work(&work->work, btrfs_flush_delalloc_helper,
+			btrfs_run_delalloc_work, NULL, NULL);
 
 	return work;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 963895c..ac734ec 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@
 		spin_unlock(&root->ordered_extent_lock);
 
 		btrfs_init_work(&ordered->flush_work,
+				btrfs_flush_delalloc_helper,
 				btrfs_run_ordered_extent_work, NULL, NULL);
 		list_add_tail(&ordered->work_list, &works);
 		btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->flush_workers,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 8abe455..ded5c60 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2720,6 +2720,7 @@
 	memset(&fs_info->qgroup_rescan_work, 0,
 	       sizeof(fs_info->qgroup_rescan_work));
 	btrfs_init_work(&fs_info->qgroup_rescan_work,
+			btrfs_qgroup_rescan_helper,
 			btrfs_qgroup_rescan_worker, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/raid56.c b/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
index 4a88f07..0a6b6e4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/raid56.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,8 @@
 
 static void async_rmw_stripe(struct btrfs_raid_bio *rbio)
 {
-	btrfs_init_work(&rbio->work, rmw_work, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&rbio->work, btrfs_rmw_helper,
+			rmw_work, NULL, NULL);
 
 	btrfs_queue_work(rbio->fs_info->rmw_workers,
 			 &rbio->work);
@@ -1424,7 +1425,8 @@
 
 static void async_read_rebuild(struct btrfs_raid_bio *rbio)
 {
-	btrfs_init_work(&rbio->work, read_rebuild_work, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&rbio->work, btrfs_rmw_helper,
+			read_rebuild_work, NULL, NULL);
 
 	btrfs_queue_work(rbio->fs_info->rmw_workers,
 			 &rbio->work);
@@ -1665,7 +1667,8 @@
 	plug = container_of(cb, struct btrfs_plug_cb, cb);
 
 	if (from_schedule) {
-		btrfs_init_work(&plug->work, unplug_work, NULL, NULL);
+		btrfs_init_work(&plug->work, btrfs_rmw_helper,
+				unplug_work, NULL, NULL);
 		btrfs_queue_work(plug->info->rmw_workers,
 				 &plug->work);
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/reada.c b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
index 09230cf..20408c6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/reada.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
@@ -798,7 +798,8 @@
 		/* FIXME we cannot handle this properly right now */
 		BUG();
 	}
-	btrfs_init_work(&rmw->work, reada_start_machine_worker, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&rmw->work, btrfs_readahead_helper,
+			reada_start_machine_worker, NULL, NULL);
 	rmw->fs_info = fs_info;
 
 	btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->readahead_workers, &rmw->work);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 23d3f6e..f4a41f3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@
 		sbio->index = i;
 		sbio->sctx = sctx;
 		sbio->page_count = 0;
-		btrfs_init_work(&sbio->work, scrub_bio_end_io_worker,
-				NULL, NULL);
+		btrfs_init_work(&sbio->work, btrfs_scrub_helper,
+				scrub_bio_end_io_worker, NULL, NULL);
 
 		if (i != SCRUB_BIOS_PER_SCTX - 1)
 			sctx->bios[i]->next_free = i + 1;
@@ -999,8 +999,8 @@
 		fixup_nodatasum->root = fs_info->extent_root;
 		fixup_nodatasum->mirror_num = failed_mirror_index + 1;
 		scrub_pending_trans_workers_inc(sctx);
-		btrfs_init_work(&fixup_nodatasum->work, scrub_fixup_nodatasum,
-				NULL, NULL);
+		btrfs_init_work(&fixup_nodatasum->work, btrfs_scrub_helper,
+				scrub_fixup_nodatasum, NULL, NULL);
 		btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->scrub_workers,
 				 &fixup_nodatasum->work);
 		goto out;
@@ -1616,7 +1616,8 @@
 	sbio->err = err;
 	sbio->bio = bio;
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&sbio->work, scrub_wr_bio_end_io_worker, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&sbio->work, btrfs_scrubwrc_helper,
+			 scrub_wr_bio_end_io_worker, NULL, NULL);
 	btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->scrub_wr_completion_workers, &sbio->work);
 }
 
@@ -3214,7 +3215,8 @@
 	nocow_ctx->len = len;
 	nocow_ctx->mirror_num = mirror_num;
 	nocow_ctx->physical_for_dev_replace = physical_for_dev_replace;
-	btrfs_init_work(&nocow_ctx->work, copy_nocow_pages_worker, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&nocow_ctx->work, btrfs_scrubnc_helper,
+			copy_nocow_pages_worker, NULL, NULL);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nocow_ctx->inodes);
 	btrfs_queue_work(fs_info->scrub_nocow_workers,
 			 &nocow_ctx->work);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 9d4ce53..340a92d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -5854,7 +5854,8 @@
 	else
 		generate_random_uuid(dev->uuid);
 
-	btrfs_init_work(&dev->work, pending_bios_fn, NULL, NULL);
+	btrfs_init_work(&dev->work, btrfs_submit_helper,
+			pending_bios_fn, NULL, NULL);
 
 	return dev;
 }