diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 7e2cdb17c26d..077c67816665 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		nvme_rdma_free_tagset(&ctrl->ctrl, ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset);
 	}
 	if (ctrl->async_event_sqe.data) {
+		cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->ctrl.async_event_work);
 		nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
 				sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;