diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c b/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c
index 9671a4bad64392b2348d977c424027b559994c6d..31f1023214d3681bc566df2288f932032903ae4a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-sony.c
@@ -587,10 +587,14 @@ static void sony_set_leds(struct sony_sc *sc);
 static inline void sony_schedule_work(struct sony_sc *sc,
 				      enum sony_worker which)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	switch (which) {
 	case SONY_WORKER_STATE:
-		if (!sc->defer_initialization)
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sc->lock, flags);
+		if (!sc->defer_initialization && sc->state_worker_initialized)
 			schedule_work(&sc->state_worker);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->lock, flags);
 		break;
 	case SONY_WORKER_HOTPLUG:
 		if (sc->hotplug_worker_initialized)
@@ -2553,13 +2557,18 @@ static inline void sony_init_output_report(struct sony_sc *sc,
 
 static inline void sony_cancel_work_sync(struct sony_sc *sc)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	if (sc->hotplug_worker_initialized)
 		cancel_work_sync(&sc->hotplug_worker);
-	if (sc->state_worker_initialized)
+	if (sc->state_worker_initialized) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sc->lock, flags);
+		sc->state_worker_initialized = 0;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->lock, flags);
 		cancel_work_sync(&sc->state_worker);
+	}
 }
 
-
 static int sony_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev,
 					struct hid_input *hidinput)
 {