diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index df5b74f289e192e053cd0191dde687513a882737..c357aafee1069e9b032bb63a3a11cd1067d566ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -5358,9 +5358,6 @@ static int mvpp2_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(priv);
 
-	flush_workqueue(priv->stats_queue);
-	destroy_workqueue(priv->stats_queue);
-
 	fwnode_for_each_available_child_node(fwnode, port_fwnode) {
 		if (priv->port_list[i]) {
 			mutex_destroy(&priv->port_list[i]->gather_stats_lock);
@@ -5369,6 +5366,8 @@ static int mvpp2_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		i++;
 	}
 
+	destroy_workqueue(priv->stats_queue);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MVPP2_BM_POOLS_NUM; i++) {
 		struct mvpp2_bm_pool *bm_pool = &priv->bm_pools[i];