1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 421f86104593..1dc10740fc0f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -5179,7 +5179,7 @@ static void __exit cleanup_ipmi(void)
                  * avoids problems with race conditions removing the timer
                  * here.
                  */
-                atomic_inc(&stop_operation);
+                atomic_set(&stop_operation, 1);
                 del_timer_sync(&ipmi_timer);
 
                 initialized = false;