diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index c667ca5aed61..9fbe1e237563 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -5917,7 +5917,7 @@ void __init workqueue_init_early(void)
 	int hk_flags = HK_FLAG_DOMAIN | HK_FLAG_WQ;
 	int i, cpu;
 
-	WARN_ON(__alignof__(struct pool_workqueue) < __alignof__(long long));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__(struct pool_workqueue) < __alignof__(long long));
 
 	BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var(&wq_unbound_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL));
 	cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, housekeeping_cpumask(hk_flags));