diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index 59a5c1341c26a71f1605759be1cfc25c9dc79eb3..a0f99baafd357e22e21b1ed520b7247de7de1f2a 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ int hci_dev_close(__u16 dev)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->power_on);
 	if (hci_dev_test_and_clear_flag(hdev, HCI_AUTO_OFF))
 		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
 
@@ -2675,6 +2676,8 @@ void hci_unregister_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	list_del(&hdev->list);
 	write_unlock(&hci_dev_list_lock);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->power_on);
+
 	hci_cmd_sync_clear(hdev);
 
 	if (!test_bit(HCI_QUIRK_NO_SUSPEND_NOTIFIER, &hdev->quirks))
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index 286d6767f0177e65f34db37c070f4785d183e733..1739e8cb3291eff52cfba8f85cc84536deb426c9 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -4088,7 +4088,6 @@ int hci_dev_close_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "");
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->power_on);
 	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
 	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->ncmd_timer);