diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 83d72106471c..fd5d1c93b55b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -4846,7 +4846,6 @@ static void ql_eeh_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 	}
 
 	/* Disabling the timer */
-	del_timer_sync(&qdev->timer);
 	ql_cancel_all_work_sync(qdev);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < qdev->rss_ring_count; i++)
@@ -4873,6 +4872,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t qlge_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER;
 	case pci_channel_io_frozen:
 		netif_device_detach(ndev);
+		del_timer_sync(&qdev->timer);
 		if (netif_running(ndev))
 			ql_eeh_close(ndev);
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
@@ -4880,6 +4880,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t qlge_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 			"%s: pci_channel_io_perm_failure.\n", __func__);
+		del_timer_sync(&qdev->timer);
 		ql_eeh_close(ndev);
 		set_bit(QL_EEH_FATAL, &qdev->flags);
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;