diff --git a/components/drivers/include/ipc/workqueue.h b/components/drivers/include/ipc/workqueue.h
index 776709a8ab..edefb0933e 100644
--- a/components/drivers/include/ipc/workqueue.h
+++ b/components/drivers/include/ipc/workqueue.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ rt_err_t rt_workqueue_submit_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *wo
 rt_err_t rt_workqueue_cancel_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work);
 rt_err_t rt_workqueue_cancel_work_sync(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work);
 rt_err_t rt_workqueue_cancel_all_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue);
-rt_err_t rt_workqueue_critical_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work);
+rt_err_t rt_workqueue_urgent_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work);
 
 #ifdef RT_USING_SYSTEM_WORKQUEUE
 rt_err_t rt_work_submit(struct rt_work *work, rt_tick_t time);
diff --git a/components/drivers/src/workqueue.c b/components/drivers/src/workqueue.c
index b5d803472b..6dbb0da627 100644
--- a/components/drivers/src/workqueue.c
+++ b/components/drivers/src/workqueue.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ rt_err_t rt_workqueue_submit_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *wo
  *
  * @return RT_EOK   Success.
  */
-rt_err_t rt_workqueue_critical_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work)
+rt_err_t rt_workqueue_urgent_work(struct rt_workqueue *queue, struct rt_work *work)
 {
     rt_base_t level;
     RT_ASSERT(queue != RT_NULL);