diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 1fab69daa96849bd70301125849a42a8d0ce5897..4ecdde530265494f1a1cced83b085bac0318c879 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,11 @@ static int ax25_release(struct socket *sock)
 		ax25_destroy_socket(ax25);
 	}
 	if (ax25_dev) {
+		del_timer_sync(&ax25->timer);
+		del_timer_sync(&ax25->t1timer);
+		del_timer_sync(&ax25->t2timer);
+		del_timer_sync(&ax25->t3timer);
+		del_timer_sync(&ax25->idletimer);
 		dev_put(ax25_dev->dev);
 		ax25_dev_put(ax25_dev);
 	}