diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 75ded1d13d98..9d5d949e662e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ struct nmiaction {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	nmi_handler_t		handler;
 	u64			max_duration;
-	struct irq_work		irq_work;
 	unsigned long		flags;
 	const char		*name;
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
index e676a9916c49..54c21d6abd5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -104,18 +104,22 @@ static int __init nmi_warning_debugfs(void)
 }
 fs_initcall(nmi_warning_debugfs);
 
-static void nmi_max_handler(struct irq_work *w)
+static void nmi_check_duration(struct nmiaction *action, u64 duration)
 {
-	struct nmiaction *a = container_of(w, struct nmiaction, irq_work);
+	u64 whole_msecs = READ_ONCE(action->max_duration);
 	int remainder_ns, decimal_msecs;
-	u64 whole_msecs = READ_ONCE(a->max_duration);
+
+	if (duration < nmi_longest_ns || duration < action->max_duration)
+		return;
+
+	action->max_duration = duration;
 
 	remainder_ns = do_div(whole_msecs, (1000 * 1000));
 	decimal_msecs = remainder_ns / 1000;
 
 	printk_ratelimited(KERN_INFO
 		"INFO: NMI handler (%ps) took too long to run: %lld.%03d msecs\n",
-		a->handler, whole_msecs, decimal_msecs);
+		action->handler, whole_msecs, decimal_msecs);
 }
 
 static int nmi_handle(unsigned int type, struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -142,11 +146,7 @@ static int nmi_handle(unsigned int type, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		delta = sched_clock() - delta;
 		trace_nmi_handler(a->handler, (int)delta, thishandled);
 
-		if (delta < nmi_longest_ns || delta < a->max_duration)
-			continue;
-
-		a->max_duration = delta;
-		irq_work_queue(&a->irq_work);
+		nmi_check_duration(a, delta);
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -164,8 +164,6 @@ int __register_nmi_handler(unsigned int type, struct nmiaction *action)
 	if (!action->handler)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	init_irq_work(&action->irq_work, nmi_max_handler);
-
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);
 
 	/*