diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 2661e2c..671d767 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
 #define io_block(io) (io->bi_iter.bi_sector >> \
 			(io->dmi->data_block_bits - SECTOR_SHIFT))
 
+struct dm_int_prefetch_work {
+	struct work_struct work;
+	struct dm_int *dmi;
+	sector_t sector;
+	unsigned bi_size;
+};
+
 static void dm_int_queue_hmac(struct dm_int_io *io);
 
 /*
@@ -225,14 +232,16 @@
 	bio_endio_nodec(bio, err);	/* finally completed, end main bio */
 }
 
-static void dm_int_prefetch(struct dm_int_io *io)
+static void dm_int_prefetch(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct dm_int *dmi = io->dmi;
+	struct dm_int_prefetch_work *pw =
+		container_of(work, struct dm_int_prefetch_work, work);
+	struct dm_int *dmi = pw->dmi;
 	sector_t first, last, data;
 	loff_t offset;
 
 	/* block number to read */
-	offset = io->bi_iter.bi_sector << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	offset = pw->sector << SECTOR_SHIFT;
 	data = offset >> dmi->data_block_bits;
 	if (dmi->hmac_block_shift)
 		first = data >> dmi->hmac_block_shift;
@@ -242,7 +251,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* offset to the last byte of data */
-	offset += (io->bi_iter.bi_size - 1);
+	offset += (pw->bi_size - 1);
 	data = offset >> dmi->data_block_bits;
 	if (dmi->hmac_block_shift)
 		last = data >> dmi->hmac_block_shift;
@@ -259,6 +268,25 @@
 		last = dmi->hmac_count;
 
 	dm_bufio_prefetch(dmi->bufio, dmi->hmac_start + first, last - first);
+
+	kfree(pw);
+}
+
+static void dm_int_submit_prefetch(struct dm_int_io *io)
+{
+	struct dm_int_prefetch_work *pw;
+
+	pw = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dm_int_prefetch_work),
+		GFP_NOIO | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
+
+	if (!pw)
+		return;
+
+	INIT_WORK(&pw->work, dm_int_prefetch);
+	pw->dmi = io->dmi;
+	pw->sector = io->bi_iter.bi_sector;
+	pw->bi_size = io->bi_iter.bi_size;
+	queue_work(io->dmi->io_queue, &pw->work);
 }
 
 static int dm_int_verify_hmac(struct dm_int_io *io, loff_t offset,
@@ -551,7 +579,7 @@
 
 	generic_make_request(bio);
 
-	dm_int_prefetch(io);
+	dm_int_submit_prefetch(io);
 
 	dm_int_io_put(io);