diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index accb7fc6ec94..c00e0bdeab4a 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -246,7 +246,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_stop_queue);
 void blk_sync_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&q->timeout);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->delay_work);
+
+	if (q->mq_ops) {
+		struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
+		int i;
+
+		queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
+			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->delayed_work);
+	} else {
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&q->delay_work);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index e2f811cba417..edbd2536f942 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1440,7 +1440,6 @@ void blk_mq_free_queue(struct request_queue *q)
 	int i;
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hctx->delayed_work);
 		kfree(hctx->ctx_map);
 		kfree(hctx->ctxs);
 		blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx);