diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
index c93b9b4ff03a..379b7ff354ec 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static void atkbd_disconnect(struct serio *serio)
 	atkbd_disable(atkbd);
 
 	/* make sure we don't have a command in flight */
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&atkbd->event_work);
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&serio->dev.kobj, &atkbd_attribute_group);
 	input_unregister_device(atkbd->dev);