diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
index bced8296a25114ba3b4ece228521275083c6595a..e6c839af903830557ae3b63e77c2432124778cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ void wl1271_pspoll_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
 
+	if (unlikely(wl->state == WL1271_STATE_OFF))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_PSPOLL_FAILURE, &wl->flags))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 0026e775bb0d4da1aafa84c8dbc631d21fe12dfb..9ab4fc4f7b4b306713672472351762031af8407f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ int wl1271_plt_stop(struct wl1271 *wl)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&wl->irq_work);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -995,6 +997,7 @@ static void wl1271_op_remove_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	cancel_work_sync(&wl->irq_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&wl->tx_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wl->pspoll_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wl->elp_work);
 
 	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_ps.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_ps.c
index f75668e413fd7464d3e31f93604f5f49011dfe37..150dc674d8b4a467cd26fc17d44073243ebb83c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_ps.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_ps.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ void wl1271_elp_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
 
+	if (unlikely(wl->state == WL1271_STATE_OFF))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_IN_ELP, &wl->flags) ||
 	    (!test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_PSM, &wl->flags) &&
 	     !test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_IDLE, &wl->flags)))