diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index acd417be8199..d24a41101838 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct worker {
 	};
 
 	struct work_struct	*current_work;	/* L: work being processed */
+	work_func_t		current_func;	/* L: current_work's fn */
 	struct cpu_workqueue_struct *current_cwq; /* L: current_work's cwq */
 	struct list_head	scheduled;	/* L: scheduled works */
 	struct task_struct	*task;		/* I: worker task */
@@ -861,9 +862,27 @@ static inline void worker_clr_flags(struct worker *worker, unsigned int flags)
  * @gcwq: gcwq of interest
  * @work: work to find worker for
  *
- * Find a worker which is executing @work on @gcwq.  This function is
- * identical to __find_worker_executing_work() except that this
- * function calculates @bwh itself.
+ * Find a worker which is executing @work on @gcwq by searching
+ * @gcwq->busy_hash which is keyed by the address of @work.  For a worker
+ * to match, its current execution should match the address of @work and
+ * its work function.  This is to avoid unwanted dependency between
+ * unrelated work executions through a work item being recycled while still
+ * being executed.
+ *
+ * This is a bit tricky.  A work item may be freed once its execution
+ * starts and nothing prevents the freed area from being recycled for
+ * another work item.  If the same work item address ends up being reused
+ * before the original execution finishes, workqueue will identify the
+ * recycled work item as currently executing and make it wait until the
+ * current execution finishes, introducing an unwanted dependency.
+ *
+ * This function checks the work item address, work function and workqueue
+ * to avoid false positives.  Note that this isn't complete as one may
+ * construct a work function which can introduce dependency onto itself
+ * through a recycled work item.  Well, if somebody wants to shoot oneself
+ * in the foot that badly, there's only so much we can do, and if such
+ * deadlock actually occurs, it should be easy to locate the culprit work
+ * function.
  *
  * CONTEXT:
  * spin_lock_irq(gcwq->lock).
@@ -878,8 +897,10 @@ static struct worker *find_worker_executing_work(struct global_cwq *gcwq,
 	struct worker *worker;
 	struct hlist_node *tmp;
 
-	hash_for_each_possible(gcwq->busy_hash, worker, tmp, hentry, (unsigned long)work)
-		if (worker->current_work == work)
+	hash_for_each_possible(gcwq->busy_hash, worker, tmp, hentry,
+			       (unsigned long)work)
+		if (worker->current_work == work &&
+		    worker->current_func == work->func)
 			return worker;
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -2114,7 +2135,6 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 	struct worker_pool *pool = worker->pool;
 	struct global_cwq *gcwq = pool->gcwq;
 	bool cpu_intensive = cwq->wq->flags & WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE;
-	work_func_t f = work->func;
 	int work_color;
 	struct worker *collision;
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
@@ -2154,6 +2174,7 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 	debug_work_deactivate(work);
 	hash_add(gcwq->busy_hash, &worker->hentry, (unsigned long)worker);
 	worker->current_work = work;
+	worker->current_func = work->func;
 	worker->current_cwq = cwq;
 	work_color = get_work_color(work);
 
@@ -2186,7 +2207,7 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 	lock_map_acquire_read(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map);
 	lock_map_acquire(&lockdep_map);
 	trace_workqueue_execute_start(work);
-	f(work);
+	worker->current_func(work);
 	/*
 	 * While we must be careful to not use "work" after this, the trace
 	 * point will only record its address.
@@ -2198,7 +2219,8 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 	if (unlikely(in_atomic() || lockdep_depth(current) > 0)) {
 		pr_err("BUG: workqueue leaked lock or atomic: %s/0x%08x/%d\n"
 		       "     last function: %pf\n",
-		       current->comm, preempt_count(), task_pid_nr(current), f);
+		       current->comm, preempt_count(), task_pid_nr(current),
+		       worker->current_func);
 		debug_show_held_locks(current);
 		dump_stack();
 	}
@@ -2212,6 +2234,7 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 	/* we're done with it, release */
 	hash_del(&worker->hentry);
 	worker->current_work = NULL;
+	worker->current_func = NULL;
 	worker->current_cwq = NULL;
 	cwq_dec_nr_in_flight(cwq, work_color);
 }