diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index f6b3b15364ff..7f9056404f64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_read_tstamp(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		/* Fetch timestamp from completion descriptor through
 		 * virtchnl msg to report to stack.
 		 */
-		queue_work(system_unbound_wq, txq->tstamp_task);
+		queue_work(system_dfl_wq, txq->tstamp_task);
 		break;
 	}