diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 50d01144b805..36e050678f5a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6764,9 +6764,7 @@ static void free_conf(struct r5conf *conf)
 
 	log_exit(conf);
 
-	if (conf->shrinker.nr_deferred)
-		unregister_shrinker(&conf->shrinker);
-
+	unregister_shrinker(&conf->shrinker);
 	free_thread_groups(conf);
 	shrink_stripes(conf);
 	raid5_free_percpu(conf);