diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 73bdf3c1f9b7..c66912be990f 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -521,14 +521,21 @@ static inline void debug_work_activate(struct work_struct *work) { }
 static inline void debug_work_deactivate(struct work_struct *work) { }
 #endif
 
-/* allocate ID and assign it to @pool */
+/**
+ * worker_pool_assign_id - allocate ID and assing it to @pool
+ * @pool: the pool pointer of interest
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if ID in [0, WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE) is allocated and assigned
+ * successfully, -errno on failure.
+ */
 static int worker_pool_assign_id(struct worker_pool *pool)
 {
 	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&wq_pool_mutex);
 
-	ret = idr_alloc(&worker_pool_idr, pool, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = idr_alloc(&worker_pool_idr, pool, 0, WORK_OFFQ_POOL_NONE,
+			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
 		pool->id = ret;
 		return 0;
@@ -5020,10 +5027,6 @@ static int __init init_workqueues(void)
 	int std_nice[NR_STD_WORKER_POOLS] = { 0, HIGHPRI_NICE_LEVEL };
 	int i, cpu;
 
-	/* make sure we have enough bits for OFFQ pool ID */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON((1LU << (BITS_PER_LONG - WORK_OFFQ_POOL_SHIFT)) <
-		     WORK_CPU_END * NR_STD_WORKER_POOLS);
-
 	WARN_ON(__alignof__(struct pool_workqueue) < __alignof__(long long));
 
 	pwq_cache = KMEM_CACHE(pool_workqueue, SLAB_PANIC);