diff --git a/include/sys/kmem.h b/include/sys/kmem.h
index e189922ef..6904bec3f 100644
--- a/include/sys/kmem.h
+++ b/include/sys/kmem.h
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ typedef struct spl_kmem_slab {
 typedef struct spl_kmem_alloc {
 	struct spl_kmem_cache	*ska_cache;	/* Owned by cache */
 	int			ska_flags;	/* Allocation flags */
-	struct delayed_work	ska_work;	/* Allocation work */
+	taskq_ent_t		ska_tqe;	/* Task queue entry */
 } spl_kmem_alloc_t;
 
 typedef struct spl_kmem_emergency {
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
index 3900c9cf0..bc08a5598 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-kmem.c
@@ -1697,8 +1697,7 @@ spl_cache_obj(spl_kmem_cache_t *skc, spl_kmem_slab_t *sks)
 static void
 spl_cache_grow_work(void *data)
 {
-	spl_kmem_alloc_t *ska =
-		spl_get_work_data(data, spl_kmem_alloc_t, ska_work.work);
+	spl_kmem_alloc_t *ska = (spl_kmem_alloc_t *)data;
 	spl_kmem_cache_t *skc = ska->ska_cache;
 	spl_kmem_slab_t *sks;
 
@@ -1777,8 +1776,9 @@ spl_cache_grow(spl_kmem_cache_t *skc, int flags, void **obj)
 		atomic_inc(&skc->skc_ref);
 		ska->ska_cache = skc;
 		ska->ska_flags = flags & ~__GFP_FS;
-		spl_init_delayed_work(&ska->ska_work, spl_cache_grow_work, ska);
-		schedule_delayed_work(&ska->ska_work, 0);
+		taskq_init_ent(&ska->ska_tqe);
+		taskq_dispatch_ent(spl_kmem_cache_taskq,
+		    spl_cache_grow_work, ska, 0, &ska->ska_tqe);
 	}
 
 	/*