diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 0fbbc7aa02cb..749bdb12cd15 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ struct kvm_async_pf {
 	unsigned long addr;
 	struct kvm_arch_async_pf arch;
 	struct page *page;
-	bool done;
 };
 
 void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
index 8a39dda7a325..b197950ac4d5 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_lock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 	list_add_tail(&apf->link, &vcpu->async_pf.done);
 	apf->page = page;
-	apf->done = true;
 	spin_unlock(&vcpu->async_pf.lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -99,9 +98,8 @@ void kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		struct kvm_async_pf *work =
 			list_entry(vcpu->async_pf.queue.next,
 				   typeof(*work), queue);
-		cancel_work_sync(&work->work);
 		list_del(&work->queue);
-		if (!work->done) { /* work was canceled */
+		if (cancel_work_sync(&work->work)) {
 			mmdrop(work->mm);
 			kvm_put_kvm(vcpu->kvm); /* == work->vcpu->kvm */
 			kmem_cache_free(async_pf_cache, work);
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ int kvm_setup_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, gfn_t gfn,
 		return 0;
 
 	work->page = NULL;
-	work->done = false;
 	work->vcpu = vcpu;
 	work->gva = gva;
 	work->addr = gfn_to_hva(vcpu->kvm, gfn);