diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 5167f1149d20..5bc9ded21d15 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,8 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
 		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
 		if (timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
-			schedule_delayed_work(&fw_priv->timeout_work, timeout);
+			queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
+					   &fw_priv->timeout_work, timeout);
 
 		kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	}
@@ -1772,8 +1773,8 @@ static void device_uncache_fw_images_work(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 static void device_uncache_fw_images_delay(unsigned long delay)
 {
-	schedule_delayed_work(&fw_cache.work,
-			msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
+	queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &fw_cache.work,
+			   msecs_to_jiffies(delay));
 }
 
 static int fw_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *notify_block,