diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 9b81763b44d9..c782005ee99f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@ static struct blk_mq_tag_set *nvme_tcp_alloc_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 static void nvme_tcp_free_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	if (to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->async_req.pdu) {
+		cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->async_event_work);
 		nvme_tcp_free_async_req(to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl));
 		to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->async_req.pdu = NULL;
 	}