diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 298ce6b4989d389293b31021267c0b83dc859ba2..42190bdeacbdbff65cabdd1541aae45baf1950f4 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -5125,10 +5125,8 @@ static void apply_wqattrs_unlock(void)
  * wq_calc_pod_cpumask - calculate a wq_attrs' cpumask for a pod
  * @attrs: the wq_attrs of the default pwq of the target workqueue
  * @cpu: the target CPU
- * @cpu_going_down: if >= 0, the CPU to consider as offline
  *
- * Calculate the cpumask a workqueue with @attrs should use on @pod. If
- * @cpu_going_down is >= 0, that cpu is considered offline during calculation.
+ * Calculate the cpumask a workqueue with @attrs should use on @pod.
  * The result is stored in @attrs->__pod_cpumask.
  *
  * If pod affinity is not enabled, @attrs->cpumask is always used. If enabled
@@ -5137,8 +5135,7 @@ static void apply_wqattrs_unlock(void)
  *
  * The caller is responsible for ensuring that the cpumask of @pod stays stable.
  */
-static void wq_calc_pod_cpumask(struct workqueue_attrs *attrs, int cpu,
-				int cpu_going_down)
+static void wq_calc_pod_cpumask(struct workqueue_attrs *attrs, int cpu)
 {
 	const struct wq_pod_type *pt = wqattrs_pod_type(attrs);
 	int pod = pt->cpu_pod[cpu];
@@ -5234,7 +5231,7 @@ apply_wqattrs_prepare(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 			ctx->dfl_pwq->refcnt++;
 			ctx->pwq_tbl[cpu] = ctx->dfl_pwq;
 		} else {
-			wq_calc_pod_cpumask(new_attrs, cpu, -1);
+			wq_calc_pod_cpumask(new_attrs, cpu);
 			ctx->pwq_tbl[cpu] = alloc_unbound_pwq(wq, new_attrs);
 			if (!ctx->pwq_tbl[cpu])
 				goto out_free;
@@ -5368,7 +5365,6 @@ int apply_workqueue_attrs(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
 static void wq_update_pod(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu,
 			  int hotplug_cpu, bool online)
 {
-	int off_cpu = online ? -1 : hotplug_cpu;
 	struct pool_workqueue *old_pwq = NULL, *pwq;
 	struct workqueue_attrs *target_attrs;
 
@@ -5388,7 +5384,7 @@ static void wq_update_pod(struct workqueue_struct *wq, int cpu,
 	wqattrs_actualize_cpumask(target_attrs, wq_unbound_cpumask);
 
 	/* nothing to do if the target cpumask matches the current pwq */
-	wq_calc_pod_cpumask(target_attrs, cpu, off_cpu);
+	wq_calc_pod_cpumask(target_attrs, cpu);
 	if (wqattrs_equal(target_attrs, unbound_pwq(wq, cpu)->pool->attrs))
 		return;