diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
index 2caf997f9bc94a2456b1d70c4847f8c4320ee435..07596bf5f7d6d6adda6481bb2e58824c056ce82e 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static void pn532_uart_remove(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 	pn53x_unregister_nfc(pn532->priv);
 	serdev_device_close(serdev);
 	pn53x_common_clean(pn532->priv);
+	del_timer_sync(&pn532->cmd_timeout);
 	kfree_skb(pn532->recv_skb);
 	kfree(pn532);
 }