diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index f87bf242539e1725cd0cdfd3943b49955ebf1c70..fb3feeb185d7098359bdd71b0156fa8a67d0157f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -599,12 +599,12 @@ static int hci_dev_do_close(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	tasklet_kill(&hdev->tx_task);
 
 	if (hdev->discov_timeout > 0) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->discov_off);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->discov_off);
 		hdev->discov_timeout = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(HCI_AUTO_OFF, &hdev->flags))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->power_off);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
 
 	hci_dev_lock_bh(hdev);
 	inquiry_cache_flush(hdev);
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ int hci_get_dev_list(void __user *arg)
 	read_lock_bh(&hci_dev_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(hdev, &hci_dev_list, list) {
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(HCI_AUTO_OFF, &hdev->flags))
-			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->power_off);
+			cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
 
 		if (!test_bit(HCI_MGMT, &hdev->flags))
 			set_bit(HCI_PAIRABLE, &hdev->flags);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index be4c3d03d8084796e79a8daaf58a8c7d73ff0172..263fa2745d48b2de8dd261a4944a4e05d8b23f6f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int read_index_list(struct sock *sk)
 	i = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry(d, &hci_dev_list, list) {
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(HCI_AUTO_OFF, &d->flags))
-			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&d->power_off);
+			cancel_delayed_work(&d->power_off);
 
 		if (test_bit(HCI_SETUP, &d->flags))
 			continue;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int set_discoverable(struct sock *sk, u16 index, unsigned char *data,
 	if (cp->val)
 		scan |= SCAN_INQUIRY;
 	else
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->discov_off);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->discov_off);
 
 	err = hci_send_cmd(hdev, HCI_OP_WRITE_SCAN_ENABLE, 1, &scan);
 	if (err < 0)