diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index c17de6a990ffc38a765261bd0cb4ef59b16492b7..b70cb6fd164c4fb23f93653e17b08c3fb0d8204d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ static void mlx5e_close_txqsq(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = c->mdev;
 	struct mlx5_rate_limit rl = {0};
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&sq->dim.work);
 	mlx5e_destroy_sq(mdev, sq->sqn);
 	if (sq->rate_limit) {
 		rl.rate = sq->rate_limit;