1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 8416910ee8bf..49c65f1dd48b 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -912,9 +912,9 @@ static void pblk_writer_stop(struct pblk *pblk)
         WARN(pblk_rb_sync_count(&pblk->rwb),
                         "Stopping not fully synced write buffer\n");
 
+        del_timer_sync(&pblk->wtimer);
         if (pblk->writer_ts)
                 kthread_stop(pblk->writer_ts);
-        del_timer(&pblk->wtimer);
 }
 
 static void pblk_free(struct pblk *pblk)