diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval.c
index dec042248164..61b99cf0a733 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void xe_tlb_inval_fence_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 		xe_tlb_inval_fence_signal(fence);
 	}
 	if (!list_empty(&tlb_inval->pending_fences))
-		queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &tlb_inval->fence_tdr,
+		queue_delayed_work(tlb_inval->timeout_wq, &tlb_inval->fence_tdr,
 				   timeout_delay);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tlb_inval->pending_lock);
 }
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ int xe_gt_tlb_inval_init_early(struct xe_gt *gt)
 	if (IS_ERR(tlb_inval->job_wq))
 		return PTR_ERR(tlb_inval->job_wq);
 
+	tlb_inval->timeout_wq = gt->ordered_wq;
+	if (IS_ERR(tlb_inval->timeout_wq))
+		return PTR_ERR(tlb_inval->timeout_wq);
+
 	/* XXX: Blindly setting up backend to GuC */
 	xe_guc_tlb_inval_init_early(&gt->uc.guc, tlb_inval);
 
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ static void xe_tlb_inval_fence_prep(struct xe_tlb_inval_fence *fence)
 	list_add_tail(&fence->link, &tlb_inval->pending_fences);
 
 	if (list_is_singular(&tlb_inval->pending_fences))
-		queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &tlb_inval->fence_tdr,
+		queue_delayed_work(tlb_inval->timeout_wq, &tlb_inval->fence_tdr,
 				   tlb_inval->ops->timeout_delay(tlb_inval));
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tlb_inval->pending_lock);
 
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ void xe_tlb_inval_done_handler(struct xe_tlb_inval *tlb_inval, int seqno)
 	}
 
 	if (!list_empty(&tlb_inval->pending_fences))
-		mod_delayed_work(system_wq,
+		mod_delayed_work(tlb_inval->timeout_wq,
 				 &tlb_inval->fence_tdr,
 				 tlb_inval->ops->timeout_delay(tlb_inval));
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval_types.h
index 48d1503e8460..3b089f90f002 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tlb_inval_types.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ struct xe_tlb_inval {
 	struct workqueue_struct *job_wq;
 	/** @tlb_inval.lock: protects TLB invalidation fences */
 	spinlock_t lock;
+	/** @timeout_wq: schedules TLB invalidation fence timeouts */
+	struct workqueue_struct *timeout_wq;
 };
 
 /**