diff --git a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
index 354f274d8a42..c8502fc4f4e5 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/nbcon.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ bool nbcon_alloc(struct console *con)
 	}
 
 	rcuwait_init(&con->rcuwait);
-	init_irq_work(&con->irq_work, nbcon_irq_work);
+	con->irq_work = IRQ_WORK_INIT_LAZY(nbcon_irq_work);
 	atomic_long_set(&ACCESS_PRIVATE(con, nbcon_prev_seq), -1UL);
 	nbcon_state_set(con, &state);