diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 3d3de633..4bfbff3 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -378,6 +378,19 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_worker_fn);
 
+/* insert @work before @pos in @worker */
+static void insert_kthread_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
+			       struct kthread_work *work,
+			       struct list_head *pos)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&worker->lock);
+
+	list_add_tail(&work->node, pos);
+	work->queue_seq++;
+	if (likely(worker->task))
+		wake_up_process(worker->task);
+}
+
 /**
  * queue_kthread_work - queue a kthread_work
  * @worker: target kthread_worker
@@ -395,10 +408,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
-		list_add_tail(&work->node, &worker->work_list);
-		work->queue_seq++;
-		if (likely(worker->task))
-			wake_up_process(worker->task);
+		insert_kthread_work(worker, work, &worker->work_list);
 		ret = true;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
@@ -406,6 +416,18 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(queue_kthread_work);
 
+struct kthread_flush_work {
+	struct kthread_work	work;
+	struct completion	done;
+};
+
+static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
+{
+	struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
+		container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
+	complete(&fwork->done);
+}
+
 /**
  * flush_kthread_work - flush a kthread_work
  * @work: work to flush
@@ -436,18 +458,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_kthread_work);
 
-struct kthread_flush_work {
-	struct kthread_work	work;
-	struct completion	done;
-};
-
-static void kthread_flush_work_fn(struct kthread_work *work)
-{
-	struct kthread_flush_work *fwork =
-		container_of(work, struct kthread_flush_work, work);
-	complete(&fwork->done);
-}
-
 /**
  * flush_kthread_worker - flush all current works on a kthread_worker
  * @worker: worker to flush