diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 38eeff91109f..6c0e0619e6d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -1168,7 +1168,13 @@ static void __split_lock_reenable(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	sld_update_msr(true);
 }
-static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(sl_reenable, __split_lock_reenable);
+/*
+ * In order for each CPU to schedule its delayed work independently of the
+ * others, delayed work struct must be per-CPU. This is not required when
+ * sysctl_sld_mitigate is enabled because of the semaphore that limits
+ * the number of simultaneously scheduled delayed works to 1.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct delayed_work, sl_reenable);
 
 /*
  * If a CPU goes offline with pending delayed work to re-enable split lock
@@ -1189,7 +1195,7 @@ static int splitlock_cpu_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static void split_lock_warn(unsigned long ip)
 {
-	struct delayed_work *work;
+	struct delayed_work *work = NULL;
 	int cpu;
 
 	if (!current->reported_split_lock)
@@ -1211,11 +1217,17 @@ static void split_lock_warn(unsigned long ip)
 		if (down_interruptible(&buslock_sem) == -EINTR)
 			return;
 		work = &sl_reenable_unlock;
-	} else {
-		work = &sl_reenable;
 	}
 
 	cpu = get_cpu();
+
+	if (!work) {
+		work = this_cpu_ptr(&sl_reenable);
+		/* Deferred initialization of per-CPU struct */
+		if (!work->work.func)
+			INIT_DELAYED_WORK(work, __split_lock_reenable);
+	}
+
 	schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, work, 2);
 
 	/* Disable split lock detection on this CPU to make progress */