diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 658eb1a..74e412f 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
 
 /*
- * Workqueue for cpuset related tasks.
- *
- * Using kevent workqueue may cause deadlock when memory_migrate
- * is set. So we create a separate workqueue thread for cpuset.
- */
-static struct workqueue_struct *cpuset_wq;
-
-/*
  * Tracks how many cpusets are currently defined in system.
  * When there is only one cpuset (the root cpuset) we can
  * short circuit some hooks.
@@ -753,25 +745,25 @@
 /*
  * Rebuild scheduler domains.
  *
- * Call with neither cgroup_mutex held nor within get_online_cpus().
- * Takes both cgroup_mutex and get_online_cpus().
+ * If the flag 'sched_load_balance' of any cpuset with non-empty
+ * 'cpus' changes, or if the 'cpus' allowed changes in any cpuset
+ * which has that flag enabled, or if any cpuset with a non-empty
+ * 'cpus' is removed, then call this routine to rebuild the
+ * scheduler's dynamic sched domains.
  *
- * Cannot be directly called from cpuset code handling changes
- * to the cpuset pseudo-filesystem, because it cannot be called
- * from code that already holds cgroup_mutex.
+ * Call with cgroup_mutex held.  Takes get_online_cpus().
  */
-static void do_rebuild_sched_domains(struct work_struct *unused)
+static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 {
 	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
 	cpumask_var_t *doms;
 	int ndoms;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!cgroup_lock_is_held());
 	get_online_cpus();
 
 	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
-	cgroup_lock();
 	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
-	cgroup_unlock();
 
 	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
 	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
@@ -779,7 +771,7 @@
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_SMP */
-static void do_rebuild_sched_domains(struct work_struct *unused)
+static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 {
 }
 
@@ -791,44 +783,11 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-static DECLARE_WORK(rebuild_sched_domains_work, do_rebuild_sched_domains);
-
-/*
- * Rebuild scheduler domains, asynchronously via workqueue.
- *
- * If the flag 'sched_load_balance' of any cpuset with non-empty
- * 'cpus' changes, or if the 'cpus' allowed changes in any cpuset
- * which has that flag enabled, or if any cpuset with a non-empty
- * 'cpus' is removed, then call this routine to rebuild the
- * scheduler's dynamic sched domains.
- *
- * The rebuild_sched_domains() and partition_sched_domains()
- * routines must nest cgroup_lock() inside get_online_cpus(),
- * but such cpuset changes as these must nest that locking the
- * other way, holding cgroup_lock() for much of the code.
- *
- * So in order to avoid an ABBA deadlock, the cpuset code handling
- * these user changes delegates the actual sched domain rebuilding
- * to a separate workqueue thread, which ends up processing the
- * above do_rebuild_sched_domains() function.
- */
-static void async_rebuild_sched_domains(void)
-{
-	queue_work(cpuset_wq, &rebuild_sched_domains_work);
-}
-
-/*
- * Accomplishes the same scheduler domain rebuild as the above
- * async_rebuild_sched_domains(), however it directly calls the
- * rebuild routine synchronously rather than calling it via an
- * asynchronous work thread.
- *
- * This can only be called from code that is not holding
- * cgroup_mutex (not nested in a cgroup_lock() call.)
- */
 void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
 {
-	do_rebuild_sched_domains(NULL);
+	cgroup_lock();
+	rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
+	cgroup_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -948,7 +907,7 @@
 	heap_free(&heap);
 
 	if (is_load_balanced)
-		async_rebuild_sched_domains();
+		rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1196,7 +1155,7 @@
 		cs->relax_domain_level = val;
 		if (!cpumask_empty(cs->cpus_allowed) &&
 		    is_sched_load_balance(cs))
-			async_rebuild_sched_domains();
+			rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1288,7 +1247,7 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&callback_mutex);
 
 	if (!cpumask_empty(trialcs->cpus_allowed) && balance_flag_changed)
-		async_rebuild_sched_domains();
+		rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
 
 	if (spread_flag_changed)
 		update_tasks_flags(cs, &heap);
@@ -1925,7 +1884,7 @@
 /*
  * If the cpuset being removed has its flag 'sched_load_balance'
  * enabled, then simulate turning sched_load_balance off, which
- * will call async_rebuild_sched_domains().
+ * will call rebuild_sched_domains_locked().
  */
 
 static void cpuset_css_free(struct cgroup *cont)
@@ -2237,9 +2196,6 @@
 	top_cpuset.mems_allowed = node_states[N_MEMORY];
 
 	hotplug_memory_notifier(cpuset_track_online_nodes, 10);
-
-	cpuset_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("cpuset");
-	BUG_ON(!cpuset_wq);
 }
 
 /**