diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@
 static inline bool
 irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *irqw)
 {
-	if(taskqueue_enqueue(linux_irq_work_tq, &irqw->irq_task) == 0)
-		return (true);
-
-	return (false);
+	return (taskqueue_enqueue_flags(linux_irq_work_tq, &irqw->irq_task,
+	    TASKQUEUE_FAIL_IF_PENDING) == 0);
 }
 
 static inline void