diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index 01bd5ccf05ca6a10f37a5b01d185af720d9c05fa..9083f5e02dd9e3c42c0263a5a1cd9f418a997e97 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ static void xe_device_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, void *dummy)
 {
 	struct xe_device *xe = to_xe_device(dev);
 
+	if (xe->preempt_fence_wq)
+		destroy_workqueue(xe->preempt_fence_wq);
+
 	if (xe->ordered_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(xe->ordered_wq);
 
@@ -291,9 +294,15 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xe->pinned.external_vram);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xe->pinned.evicted);
 
+	xe->preempt_fence_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-preempt-fence-wq", 0);
 	xe->ordered_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("xe-ordered-wq", 0);
 	xe->unordered_wq = alloc_workqueue("xe-unordered-wq", 0, 0);
-	if (!xe->ordered_wq || !xe->unordered_wq) {
+	if (!xe->ordered_wq || !xe->unordered_wq ||
+	    !xe->preempt_fence_wq) {
+		/*
+		 * Cleanup done in xe_device_destroy via
+		 * drmm_add_action_or_reset register above
+		 */
 		drm_err(&xe->drm, "Failed to allocate xe workqueues\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
index 1df3dcc17d7583580806c3c24e34546c8c001358..c710cec835a732abbd41cad6d075bb6b35abcd41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device_types.h
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ struct xe_device {
 	/** @ufence_wq: user fence wait queue */
 	wait_queue_head_t ufence_wq;
 
+	/** @preempt_fence_wq: used to serialize preempt fences */
+	struct workqueue_struct *preempt_fence_wq;
+
 	/** @ordered_wq: used to serialize compute mode resume */
 	struct workqueue_struct *ordered_wq;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
index 7bce2a332603c086bf4bed63c212cdff311f6bbf..7d50c6e89d8e7dc0ba718b9439ef86858e1f3992 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static bool preempt_fence_enable_signaling(struct dma_fence *fence)
 	struct xe_exec_queue *q = pfence->q;
 
 	pfence->error = q->ops->suspend(q);
-	queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &pfence->preempt_work);
+	queue_work(q->vm->xe->preempt_fence_wq, &pfence->preempt_work);
 	return true;
 }