int status;
 
                INIT_WORK(&task->u.tk_work, rpc_async_schedule);
-               status = queue_work(task->tk_workqueue, &task->u.tk_work);
+               status = queue_work(rpciod_workqueue, &task->u.tk_work);
                if (status < 0) {
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "RPC: failed to add task to queue: error: %d!\n", status);
                        task->tk_status = status;
        task->tk_owner = current->tgid;
 
        /* Initialize workqueue for async tasks */
-       task->tk_workqueue = rpciod_workqueue;
+       task->tk_workqueue = task_setup_data->workqueue;
 
        task->tk_client = task_setup_data->rpc_client;
        if (task->tk_client != NULL) {
        return (struct rpc_task *)mempool_alloc(rpc_task_mempool, GFP_NOFS);
 }
 
-static void rpc_free_task(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+static void rpc_free_task_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
        struct rpc_task *task = container_of(rcu, struct rpc_task, u.tk_rcu);
        dprintk("RPC: %5u freeing task\n", task->tk_pid);
        return task;
 }
 
-
-void rpc_put_task(struct rpc_task *task)
+static void rpc_free_task(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
        const struct rpc_call_ops *tk_ops = task->tk_ops;
        void *calldata = task->tk_calldata;
 
+       if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC)
+               call_rcu_bh(&task->u.tk_rcu, rpc_free_task_rcu);
+       rpc_release_calldata(tk_ops, calldata);
+}
+
+static void rpc_async_release(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       rpc_free_task(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
+}
+
+void rpc_put_task(struct rpc_task *task)
+{
        if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&task->tk_count))
                return;
        /* Release resources */
                rpc_release_client(task->tk_client);
                task->tk_client = NULL;
        }
-       if (task->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_DYNAMIC)
-               call_rcu_bh(&task->u.tk_rcu, rpc_free_task);
-       rpc_release_calldata(tk_ops, calldata);
+       if (task->tk_workqueue != NULL) {
+               INIT_WORK(&task->u.tk_work, rpc_async_release);
+               queue_work(task->tk_workqueue, &task->u.tk_work);
+       } else
+               rpc_free_task(task);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_put_task);