diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
index 171f2053e90c..527acfd38284 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ static ctl_table svcrdma_root_table[] = {
 void svc_rdma_cleanup(void)
 {
 	dprintk("SVCRDMA Module Removed, deregister RPC RDMA transport\n");
+	flush_scheduled_work();
 	if (svcrdma_table_header) {
 		unregister_sysctl_table(svcrdma_table_header);
 		svcrdma_table_header = NULL;