diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/alias_GUID.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/alias_GUID.c
index 782499abcd9868d63b5f789ee002a0594b00c4d6..2a0b59a4b6ebc3c34ff9ff3308af7e337d2001f3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/alias_GUID.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/alias_GUID.c
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ void mlx4_ib_destroy_alias_guid_service(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	for (i = 0 ; i < dev->num_ports; i++) {
-		cancel_delayed_work(&dev->sriov.alias_guid.ports_guid[i].alias_guid_work);
 		det = &sriov->alias_guid.ports_guid[i];
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&det->alias_guid_work);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&sriov->alias_guid.ag_work_lock, flags);
 		while (!list_empty(&det->cb_list)) {
 			cb_ctx = list_entry(det->cb_list.next,