diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index b5d722548ffd..4f5c61f8b0e7 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3413,7 +3413,7 @@ void workqueue_set_max_active(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int max_active)
 
 		if (!(wq->flags & WQ_FREEZABLE) ||
 		    !(gcwq->flags & GCWQ_FREEZING))
-			get_cwq(gcwq->cpu, wq)->max_active = max_active;
+			cwq_set_max_active(get_cwq(gcwq->cpu, wq), max_active);
 
 		spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
 	}