diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index bea960b8191feffff376dd7b64a26c2d9586d6f6..4ea1c1ca85bc965fa330d6b1a9e24161457fa817 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, union ib_gid *mgid,
 
 void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(void *dev_ptr);
 int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev);
+int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev, int flush);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_down(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index ef0e3894863c023c08082c4c201da070fb393871..f7440096b5ed0355a41252c50c93f5290b1810df 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int ipoib_ib_dev_down(struct net_device *dev)
 		flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
 	}
 
-	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * Flush the multicast groups first so we stop any multicast joins. The
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ void ipoib_ib_dev_cleanup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	ipoib_dbg(priv, "cleaning up ib_dev\n");
 
-	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 1);
 
 	/* Delete the broadcast address and the local address */
 	ipoib_mcast_dev_down(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index 3aab4d85abfc67575d210a22c41d81195dd978c2..36ce29836bf2fd218e6d37e0cb2e580e5fa94085 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
+int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev, int flush)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ipoib_mcast *mcast;
@@ -610,7 +610,8 @@ int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 	cancel_delayed_work(&priv->mcast_task);
 	up(&mcast_mutex);
 
-	flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
+	if (flush)
+		flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
 
 	if (priv->broadcast && priv->broadcast->query) {
 		ib_sa_cancel_query(priv->broadcast->query_id, priv->broadcast->query);
@@ -832,7 +833,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(void *dev_ptr)
 
 	ipoib_dbg_mcast(priv, "restarting multicast task\n");
 
-	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 0);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);