diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c
index 8ce926d3b2cb9e51f053a8a06c271eb50ee481ea..9b0c32a2690c3f168eb78b5193b80fa12c72f53f 100644
--- a/net/can/af_can.c
+++ b/net/can/af_can.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static __exit void can_exit(void)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	if (stats_timer)
-		del_timer(&can_stattimer);
+		del_timer_sync(&can_stattimer);
 
 	can_remove_proc();