diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index c2b8128799c1eff57243d0e3fe9efa468b4e7478..0bd4c25016f95e97e57596cc6da76db9ab162642 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ extern void mark_page_accessed(struct page *);
 extern void lru_add_drain(void);
 extern void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void lru_add_drain_all(void);
-extern void lru_add_drain_all_cpuslocked(void);
 extern void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void deactivate_file_page(struct page *page);
 extern void mark_page_lazyfree(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index c52aa05b106c76dd5b469bc66e0227348d7524e5..999ce3af809d821106756f8f152116c734f4c876 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
 		goto failed_removal;
 
 	cond_resched();
-	lru_add_drain_all_cpuslocked();
+	lru_add_drain_all();
 	drain_all_pages(zone);
 
 	pfn = scan_movable_pages(start_pfn, end_pfn);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 38e1b6374a97712c881c8cbf2a51893ea87be0d5..e824c800adca5b5f05100e02bae31a33986eabd1 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -688,7 +688,14 @@ static void lru_add_drain_per_cpu(struct work_struct *dummy)
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct work_struct, lru_add_drain_work);
 
-void lru_add_drain_all_cpuslocked(void)
+/*
+ * Doesn't need any cpu hotplug locking because we do rely on per-cpu
+ * kworkers being shut down before our page_alloc_cpu_dead callback is
+ * executed on the offlined cpu.
+ * Calling this function with cpu hotplug locks held can actually lead
+ * to obscure indirect dependencies via WQ context.
+ */
+void lru_add_drain_all(void)
 {
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(lock);
 	static struct cpumask has_work;
@@ -724,13 +731,6 @@ void lru_add_drain_all_cpuslocked(void)
 	mutex_unlock(&lock);
 }
 
-void lru_add_drain_all(void)
-{
-	get_online_cpus();
-	lru_add_drain_all_cpuslocked();
-	put_online_cpus();
-}
-
 /**
  * release_pages - batched put_page()
  * @pages: array of pages to release