diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
index 568b640aaa5293dc927ca3790bc2ad8c549bd5d7..c5f2d9dbd1a897c566e1dc94cbabab9fc56c54b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int wl1251_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * before that, the tx_work will not be initialized!
 	 */
 
-	schedule_work(&wl->tx_work);
+	ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->tx_work);
 
 	/*
 	 * The workqueue is slow to process the tx_queue and we need stop
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
index f7e451fed8b5f22823d7f5f5d13df23bbac1074a..20668e244c679fa4a161d7fb5ff92f08f6fbdbbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void wl1251_sdio_interrupt(struct sdio_func *func)
 	wl1251_debug(DEBUG_IRQ, "IRQ");
 
 	/* FIXME should be synchronous for sdio */
-	schedule_work(&wl->irq_work);
+	ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->irq_work);
 }
 
 static const struct sdio_device_id wl1251_devices[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
index 7d1031b7a0887a035430be5c9b575f3f6c971df8..e088334536aa56690991d638206a47c2dec731bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static irqreturn_t wl1251_irq(int irq, void *cookie)
 
 	wl = cookie;
 
-	schedule_work(&wl->irq_work);
+	ieee80211_queue_work(wl->hw, &wl->irq_work);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }