diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
index 3f0ff3aab6f2..647661005176 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.c
@@ -801,10 +801,9 @@ static int bch_writeback_thread(void *arg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (dc->writeback_write_wq) {
-		flush_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq);
+	if (dc->writeback_write_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(dc->writeback_write_wq);
-	}
+
 	cached_dev_put(dc);
 	wait_for_kthread_stop();