diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
index 9161bd2fd421ab7bb315e8ef26377c5e1276f3e2..460e03a55096b4af071de60cbfece89b619e67cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c
@@ -1146,10 +1146,8 @@ static void __exit fnic_cleanup_module(void)
 {
 	pci_unregister_driver(&fnic_driver);
 	destroy_workqueue(fnic_event_queue);
-	if (fnic_fip_queue) {
-		flush_workqueue(fnic_fip_queue);
+	if (fnic_fip_queue)
 		destroy_workqueue(fnic_fip_queue);
-	}
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fnic_sgl_cache[FNIC_SGL_CACHE_MAX]);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fnic_sgl_cache[FNIC_SGL_CACHE_DFLT]);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fnic_io_req_cache);