diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 81d209568a26..6722b24a1182 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -233,14 +233,6 @@ void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
 	cancel_work_sync(&q->timeout_work);
-
-	if (queue_is_mq(q)) {
-		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
-		int i;
-
-		queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
-			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->run_work);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 7593c4c78975..2280d3cca965 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ static void blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = container_of(kobj, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx,
 						  kobj);
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->run_work);
+
 	if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING)
 		cleanup_srcu_struct(hctx->srcu);
 	blk_free_flush_queue(hctx->fq);