diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
index 892b325fa99b..0867bfbde5c5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static void drm_pagemap_release(struct kref *ref)
 	dpagemap->dev_hold = NULL;
 	drm_pagemap_shrinker_add(dpagemap);
 	llist_add(&dev_hold->link, &drm_pagemap_unhold_list);
-	schedule_work(&drm_pagemap_work);
+	queue_work(system_dfl_wq, &drm_pagemap_work);
 	/*
 	 * Here, either the provider device is still alive, since if called from
 	 * page_free(), the caller is holding a reference on the dev_pagemap,
@@ -1009,10 +1009,11 @@ static void drm_pagemap_dev_unhold_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		struct drm_device *drm = dev_hold->drm;
 		struct module *module = drm->driver->fops->owner;
 
-		drm_dbg(drm, "Releasing reference on provider device and module.\n");
+		drm_dbg_ratelimited(drm, "Releasing reference on provider device and module.\n");
 		drm_dev_put(drm);
 		module_put(module);
 		kfree(dev_hold);
+		cond_resched();
 	}
 }