--- a/include/linux/padata.h~padata-allocate-work-structures-for-parallel-jobs-from-a-pool
+++ a/include/linux/padata.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
  * @list: List entry, to attach to the padata lists.
  * @pd: Pointer to the internal control structure.
  * @cb_cpu: Callback cpu for serializatioon.
- * @cpu: Cpu for parallelization.
  * @seq_nr: Sequence number of the parallelized data object.
  * @info: Used to pass information from the parallel to the serial function.
  * @parallel: Parallel execution function.
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ struct padata_priv {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct parallel_data	*pd;
 	int			cb_cpu;
-	int			cpu;
 	unsigned int		seq_nr;
 	int			info;
 	void                    (*parallel)(struct padata_priv *padata);
@@ -68,15 +66,11 @@ struct padata_serial_queue {
 /**
  * struct padata_parallel_queue - The percpu padata parallel queue
  *
- * @parallel: List to wait for parallelization.
  * @reorder: List to wait for reordering after parallel processing.
- * @work: work struct for parallelization.
  * @num_obj: Number of objects that are processed by this cpu.
  */
 struct padata_parallel_queue {
-       struct padata_list    parallel;
        struct padata_list    reorder;
-       struct work_struct    work;
        atomic_t              num_obj;
 };
 
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ struct parallel_data {
 	struct padata_parallel_queue	__percpu *pqueue;
 	struct padata_serial_queue	__percpu *squeue;
 	atomic_t			refcnt;
-	atomic_t			seq_nr;
+	unsigned int			seq_nr;
 	unsigned int			processed;
 	int				cpu;
 	struct padata_cpumask		cpumask;
--- a/kernel/padata.c~padata-allocate-work-structures-for-parallel-jobs-from-a-pool
+++ a/kernel/padata.c
@@ -32,7 +32,15 @@
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
-#define MAX_OBJ_NUM 1000
+struct padata_work {
+	struct work_struct	pw_work;
+	struct list_head	pw_list;  /* padata_free_works linkage */
+	void			*pw_data;
+};
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(padata_works_lock);
+static struct padata_work *padata_works;
+static LIST_HEAD(padata_free_works);
 
 static void padata_free_pd(struct parallel_data *pd);
 
@@ -58,30 +66,44 @@ static int padata_cpu_hash(struct parall
 	return padata_index_to_cpu(pd, cpu_index);
 }
 
-static void padata_parallel_worker(struct work_struct *parallel_work)
+static struct padata_work *padata_work_alloc(void)
 {
-	struct padata_parallel_queue *pqueue;
-	LIST_HEAD(local_list);
+	struct padata_work *pw;
 
-	local_bh_disable();
-	pqueue = container_of(parallel_work,
-			      struct padata_parallel_queue, work);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&padata_works_lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&pqueue->parallel.lock);
-	list_replace_init(&pqueue->parallel.list, &local_list);
-	spin_unlock(&pqueue->parallel.lock);
+	if (list_empty(&padata_free_works))
+		return NULL;	/* No more work items allowed to be queued. */
 
-	while (!list_empty(&local_list)) {
-		struct padata_priv *padata;
+	pw = list_first_entry(&padata_free_works, struct padata_work, pw_list);
+	list_del(&pw->pw_list);
+	return pw;
+}
 
-		padata = list_entry(local_list.next,
-				    struct padata_priv, list);
+static void padata_work_init(struct padata_work *pw, work_func_t work_fn,
+			     void *data)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&pw->pw_work, work_fn);
+	pw->pw_data = data;
+}
 
-		list_del_init(&padata->list);
+static void padata_work_free(struct padata_work *pw)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&padata_works_lock);
+	list_add(&pw->pw_list, &padata_free_works);
+}
 
-		padata->parallel(padata);
-	}
+static void padata_parallel_worker(struct work_struct *parallel_work)
+{
+	struct padata_work *pw = container_of(parallel_work, struct padata_work,
+					      pw_work);
+	struct padata_priv *padata = pw->pw_data;
 
+	local_bh_disable();
+	padata->parallel(padata);
+	spin_lock(&padata_works_lock);
+	padata_work_free(pw);
+	spin_unlock(&padata_works_lock);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
@@ -105,9 +127,9 @@ int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_she
 		       struct padata_priv *padata, int *cb_cpu)
 {
 	struct padata_instance *pinst = ps->pinst;
-	int i, cpu, cpu_index, target_cpu, err;
-	struct padata_parallel_queue *queue;
+	int i, cpu, cpu_index, err;
 	struct parallel_data *pd;
+	struct padata_work *pw;
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 
@@ -135,25 +157,25 @@ int padata_do_parallel(struct padata_she
 	if ((pinst->flags & PADATA_RESET))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (atomic_read(&pd->refcnt) >= MAX_OBJ_NUM)
-		goto out;
-
-	err = 0;
 	atomic_inc(&pd->refcnt);
 	padata->pd = pd;
 	padata->cb_cpu = *cb_cpu;
 
-	padata->seq_nr = atomic_inc_return(&pd->seq_nr);
-	target_cpu = padata_cpu_hash(pd, padata->seq_nr);
-	padata->cpu = target_cpu;
-	queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, target_cpu);
-
-	spin_lock(&queue->parallel.lock);
-	list_add_tail(&padata->list, &queue->parallel.list);
-	spin_unlock(&queue->parallel.lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
-	queue_work(pinst->parallel_wq, &queue->work);
+	spin_lock(&padata_works_lock);
+	padata->seq_nr = ++pd->seq_nr;
+	pw = padata_work_alloc();
+	spin_unlock(&padata_works_lock);
+	if (pw) {
+		padata_work_init(pw, padata_parallel_worker, padata);
+		queue_work(pinst->parallel_wq, &pw->pw_work);
+	} else {
+		/* Maximum works limit exceeded, run in the current task. */
+		padata->parallel(padata);
+	}
 
+	return 0;
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
@@ -324,8 +346,9 @@ static void padata_serial_worker(struct
 void padata_do_serial(struct padata_priv *padata)
 {
 	struct parallel_data *pd = padata->pd;
+	int hashed_cpu = padata_cpu_hash(pd, padata->seq_nr);
 	struct padata_parallel_queue *pqueue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue,
-							   padata->cpu);
+							   hashed_cpu);
 	struct padata_priv *cur;
 
 	spin_lock(&pqueue->reorder.lock);
@@ -416,8 +439,6 @@ static void padata_init_pqueues(struct p
 		pqueue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, cpu);
 
 		__padata_list_init(&pqueue->reorder);
-		__padata_list_init(&pqueue->parallel);
-		INIT_WORK(&pqueue->work, padata_parallel_worker);
 		atomic_set(&pqueue->num_obj, 0);
 	}
 }
@@ -451,7 +472,7 @@ static struct parallel_data *padata_allo
 
 	padata_init_pqueues(pd);
 	padata_init_squeues(pd);
-	atomic_set(&pd->seq_nr, -1);
+	pd->seq_nr = -1;
 	atomic_set(&pd->refcnt, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&pd->lock);
 	pd->cpu = cpumask_first(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
@@ -1053,6 +1074,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(padata_free_shell);
 
 void __init padata_init(void)
 {
+	unsigned int i, possible_cpus;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1064,13 +1086,27 @@ void __init padata_init(void)
 
 	ret = cpuhp_setup_state_multi(CPUHP_PADATA_DEAD, "padata:dead",
 				      NULL, padata_cpu_dead);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		cpuhp_remove_multi_state(hp_online);
-		goto err;
-	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto remove_online_state;
+#endif
+
+	possible_cpus = num_possible_cpus();
+	padata_works = kmalloc_array(possible_cpus, sizeof(struct padata_work),
+				     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!padata_works)
+		goto remove_dead_state;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < possible_cpus; ++i)
+		list_add(&padata_works[i].pw_list, &padata_free_works);
 
 	return;
+
+remove_dead_state:
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	cpuhp_remove_multi_state(CPUHP_PADATA_DEAD);
+remove_online_state:
+	cpuhp_remove_multi_state(hp_online);
 err:
-	pr_warn("padata: initialization failed\n");
 #endif
+	pr_warn("padata: initialization failed\n");
 }
