Don't put an extra work item in the queue as each new device thread will do so itself.
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 257c756..d148d1d 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3353,13 +3353,6 @@ static void *watchdog_thread(void *userdata)
thr->rolling = thr->cgpu->rolling = 0;
gpus[i].alive = false;
applog(LOG_ERR, "Attempting to restart thread %d, idle for more than 60 seconds", i);
- /* Create one mandatory work item */
- inc_staged(current_pool(), 1, true);
- if (unlikely(!queue_request())) {
- applog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to queue_request in watchdog_thread");
- kill_work();
- break;
- }
reinit_device(thr->cgpu);
/* Only initialise the device once since there
* will be multiple threads on the same device