diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index dfa522626eef..2279d299b8bc 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -3344,7 +3344,8 @@ int __init blk_dev_init(void)
 
 	/* used for unplugging and affects IO latency/throughput - HIGHPRI */
 	kblockd_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kblockd",
-					    WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+					    WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI |
+					    WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT, 0);
 	if (!kblockd_workqueue)
 		panic("Failed to create kblockd\n");
 
diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index 9c4bb8266bc8..4464c823cff2 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ void put_io_context(struct io_context *ioc)
 	if (atomic_long_dec_and_test(&ioc->refcount)) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->lock, flags);
 		if (!hlist_empty(&ioc->icq_list))
-			schedule_work(&ioc->release_work);
+			queue_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
+					&ioc->release_work);
 		else
 			free_ioc = true;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->lock, flags);
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 959a7b0bedcc..d00b60527cb8 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1522,9 +1522,11 @@ static void __disk_unblock_events(struct gendisk *disk, bool check_now)
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
 	set_timer_slack(&ev->dwork.timer, intv / 4);
 	if (check_now)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
+				&ev->dwork, 0);
 	else if (intv)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
+				&ev->dwork, intv);
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ev->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1567,7 +1569,8 @@ void disk_flush_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int mask)
 	spin_lock_irq(&ev->lock);
 	ev->clearing |= mask;
 	if (!ev->block)
-		mod_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, 0);
+		mod_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
+				&ev->dwork, 0);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);
 }
 
@@ -1667,7 +1670,8 @@ static void disk_check_events(struct disk_events *ev,
 
 	intv = disk_events_poll_jiffies(disk);
 	if (!ev->block && intv)
-		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_wq, &ev->dwork, intv);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_freezable_power_efficient_wq,
+				&ev->dwork, intv);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ev->lock);