diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 60f208430ff9..36b5fe5c9258 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -790,12 +790,9 @@ static void z_erofs_decompress_kickoff(struct z_erofs_decompressqueue *io,
 
 	/* wake up the caller thread for sync decompression */
 	if (sync) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&io->u.wait.lock, flags);
 		if (!atomic_add_return(bios, &io->pending_bios))
-			wake_up_locked(&io->u.wait);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&io->u.wait.lock, flags);
+			complete(&io->u.done);
+
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1215,7 +1212,7 @@ jobqueue_init(struct super_block *sb,
 	} else {
 fg_out:
 		q = fgq;
-		init_waitqueue_head(&fgq->u.wait);
+		init_completion(&fgq->u.done);
 		atomic_set(&fgq->pending_bios, 0);
 	}
 	q->sb = sb;
@@ -1375,8 +1372,7 @@ static void z_erofs_runqueue(struct super_block *sb,
 		return;
 
 	/* wait until all bios are completed */
-	io_wait_event(io[JQ_SUBMIT].u.wait,
-		      !atomic_read(&io[JQ_SUBMIT].pending_bios));
+	wait_for_completion_io(&io[JQ_SUBMIT].u.done);
 
 	/* handle synchronous decompress queue in the caller context */
 	z_erofs_decompress_queue(&io[JQ_SUBMIT], pagepool);
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.h b/fs/erofs/zdata.h
index 942ee69dff6a..60bf396164ec 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct z_erofs_decompressqueue {
 	z_erofs_next_pcluster_t head;
 
 	union {
-		wait_queue_head_t wait;
+		struct completion done;
 		struct work_struct work;
 	} u;
 };