diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c b/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
index 7e0d3a49c06d8ec443f0b8493c617411efbf7af8..bb31e13648d6577d47c5b0bd268a7cf0ccc80d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void bcm2835_finish_request(struct bcm2835_host *host)
 	struct dma_chan *terminate_chan = NULL;
 	struct mmc_request *mrq;
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&host->timeout_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&host->timeout_work);
 
 	mrq = host->mrq;