diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
index 263da7e2d6be..056e3b65cd27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
@@ -2291,13 +2291,6 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_port_vlan_del(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 	if (!mv88e6xxx_max_vid(chip))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	/* The ATU removal procedure needs the FID to be mapped in the VTU,
-	 * but FDB deletion runs concurrently with VLAN deletion. Flush the DSA
-	 * switchdev workqueue to ensure that all FDB entries are deleted
-	 * before we remove the VLAN.
-	 */
-	dsa_flush_workqueue();
-
 	mv88e6xxx_reg_lock(chip);
 
 	err = mv88e6xxx_port_get_pvid(chip, port, &pvid);
diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index 49e5ece9361c..d784e76113b8 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -1056,7 +1056,6 @@ void dsa_unregister_switch(struct dsa_switch *ds);
 int dsa_register_switch(struct dsa_switch *ds);
 void dsa_switch_shutdown(struct dsa_switch *ds);
 struct dsa_switch *dsa_switch_find(int tree_index, int sw_index);
-void dsa_flush_workqueue(void);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 int dsa_switch_suspend(struct dsa_switch *ds);
 int dsa_switch_resume(struct dsa_switch *ds);
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 4ff03fb262e0..41f36ad8b0ec 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ void dsa_flush_workqueue(void)
 {
 	flush_workqueue(dsa_owq);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dsa_flush_workqueue);
 
 int dsa_devlink_param_get(struct devlink *dl, u32 id,
 			  struct devlink_param_gset_ctx *ctx)
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
index 33ab7d7af9eb..a5c9bc7b66c6 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ void dsa_tag_driver_put(const struct dsa_device_ops *ops);
 const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_find_tagger_by_name(const char *buf);
 
 bool dsa_schedule_work(struct work_struct *work);
+void dsa_flush_workqueue(void);
 const char *dsa_tag_protocol_to_str(const struct dsa_device_ops *ops);
 
 static inline int dsa_tag_protocol_overhead(const struct dsa_device_ops *ops)