diff --git a/kernel/work_q.c b/kernel/work_q.c
index 84fb2047a95..8f11ebc8af0 100644
--- a/kernel/work_q.c
+++ b/kernel/work_q.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void k_work_q_start(struct k_work_q *work_q, k_thread_stack_t *stack,
 {
 	k_queue_init(&work_q->queue);
 	(void)k_thread_create(&work_q->thread, stack, stack_size, z_work_q_main,
-			work_q, 0, 0, prio, 0, 0);
+			work_q, NULL, NULL, prio, 0, 0);
 
 	k_thread_name_set(&work_q->thread, WORKQUEUE_THREAD_NAME);
 }