diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
index ad7146a0c577..2fa1d1ae0984 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
@@ -494,17 +494,9 @@ static void qm_poll_qp(struct hisi_qp *qp, struct hisi_qm *qm)
 	}
 }
 
-static void qm_qp_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
+static void qm_work_process(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct hisi_qp *qp;
-
-	qp = container_of(work, struct hisi_qp, work);
-	qm_poll_qp(qp, qp->qm);
-}
-
-static irqreturn_t qm_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
-{
-	struct hisi_qm *qm = data;
+	struct hisi_qm *qm = container_of(work, struct hisi_qm, work);
 	struct qm_eqe *eqe = qm->eqe + qm->status.eq_head;
 	struct hisi_qp *qp;
 	int eqe_num = 0;
@@ -513,7 +505,7 @@ static irqreturn_t qm_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 		eqe_num++;
 		qp = qm_to_hisi_qp(qm, eqe);
 		if (qp)
-			queue_work(qp->wq, &qp->work);
+			qm_poll_qp(qp, qm);
 
 		if (qm->status.eq_head == QM_Q_DEPTH - 1) {
 			qm->status.eqc_phase = !qm->status.eqc_phase;
@@ -531,6 +523,17 @@ static irqreturn_t qm_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 	}
 
 	qm_db(qm, 0, QM_DOORBELL_CMD_EQ, qm->status.eq_head, 0);
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t do_qm_irq(int irq, void *data)
+{
+	struct hisi_qm *qm = (struct hisi_qm *)data;
+
+	/* the workqueue created by device driver of QM */
+	if (qm->wq)
+		queue_work(qm->wq, &qm->work);
+	else
+		schedule_work(&qm->work);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -540,7 +543,7 @@ static irqreturn_t qm_irq(int irq, void *data)
 	struct hisi_qm *qm = data;
 
 	if (readl(qm->io_base + QM_VF_EQ_INT_SOURCE))
-		return qm_irq_handler(irq, data);
+		return do_qm_irq(irq, data);
 
 	dev_err(&qm->pdev->dev, "invalid int source\n");
 	qm_db(qm, 0, QM_DOORBELL_CMD_EQ, qm->status.eq_head, 0);
@@ -1159,20 +1162,9 @@ struct hisi_qp *hisi_qm_create_qp(struct hisi_qm *qm, u8 alg_type)
 
 	qp->qp_id = qp_id;
 	qp->alg_type = alg_type;
-	INIT_WORK(&qp->work, qm_qp_work_func);
-	qp->wq = alloc_workqueue("hisi_qm", WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI |
-				 WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
-	if (!qp->wq) {
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_free_qp_mem;
-	}
 
 	return qp;
 
-err_free_qp_mem:
-	if (qm->use_dma_api)
-		dma_free_coherent(dev, qp->qdma.size, qp->qdma.va,
-				  qp->qdma.dma);
 err_clear_bit:
 	write_lock(&qm->qps_lock);
 	qm->qp_array[qp_id] = NULL;
@@ -1704,6 +1696,7 @@ int hisi_qm_init(struct hisi_qm *qm)
 	qm->qp_in_used = 0;
 	mutex_init(&qm->mailbox_lock);
 	rwlock_init(&qm->qps_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&qm->work, qm_work_process);
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "init qm %s with %s\n", pdev->is_physfn ? "pf" : "vf",
 		qm->use_dma_api ? "dma api" : "iommu api");
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.h b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.h
index 1a4f208a9448..c72c2e64d04b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.h
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ struct hisi_qm {
 	u32 error_mask;
 	u32 msi_mask;
 
+	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
+	struct work_struct work;
+
 	const char *algs;
 	bool use_dma_api;
 	bool use_sva;
@@ -219,8 +222,6 @@ struct hisi_qp {
 	void *qp_ctx;
 	void (*req_cb)(struct hisi_qp *qp, void *data);
 	void (*event_cb)(struct hisi_qp *qp);
-	struct work_struct work;
-	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 
 	struct hisi_qm *qm;
 	u16 pasid;