diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 508d00a5a106..7f9298db507b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -1578,6 +1578,11 @@ static void __exit bnxt_re_mod_exit(void)
 	*/
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(rdev, next, &to_be_deleted, list) {
 		dev_info(rdev_to_dev(rdev), "Unregistering Device");
+		/*
+		 * Flush out any scheduled tasks before destroying the
+		 * resources
+		 */
+		flush_workqueue(bnxt_re_wq);
 		bnxt_re_dev_stop(rdev);
 		bnxt_re_ib_unreg(rdev, true);
 		bnxt_re_remove_one(rdev);