diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
index ec71a7ee094..a263d730967 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/irq_work.h
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ typedef void (*irq_work_func_t)(struct irq_work *);
 
 struct irq_work {
 	struct task irq_task;
-	struct llist_node llnode;
+	union {
+		struct llist_node llnode;
+		struct {
+			struct llist_node llist;
+		} node;
+	};
 	irq_work_func_t func;
 };