diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 54a8d5c9a44ea4814083bb617309598307fa8764..624a6335c8323d391ec6e61e343233934aa9bcba 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -1887,6 +1887,7 @@ static void destroy(struct cache *cache)
 	if (cache->prison)
 		dm_bio_prison_destroy_v2(cache->prison);
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cache->waker);
 	if (cache->wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(cache->wq);