diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index 0ee026947f20..1cf45ace0dd0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/if_inet6.h>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index f108d4b44605..9fec0117fc00 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ static void qeth_l2_remove_device(struct ccwgroup_device *cgdev)
 
 	if (cgdev->state == CCWGROUP_ONLINE)
 		qeth_l2_set_offline(cgdev);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&card->close_dev_work);
 	if (qeth_netdev_is_registered(card->dev))
 		unregister_netdev(card->dev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 42a7cdc59b76..5e810561cb12 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,7 @@ static void qeth_l3_remove_device(struct ccwgroup_device *cgdev)
 	if (cgdev->state == CCWGROUP_ONLINE)
 		qeth_l3_set_offline(cgdev);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&card->close_dev_work);
 	if (qeth_netdev_is_registered(card->dev))
 		unregister_netdev(card->dev);
 	qeth_l3_clear_ip_htable(card, 0);