diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 62227cd5241053e14171c7ad2ab4daf2089a5db2..0cc0984d155b85109477e78254f91da4f6210e92 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int clear_uie(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 		}
 		if (rtc->uie_task_active) {
 			spin_unlock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
-			flush_scheduled_work();
+			flush_work_sync(&rtc->uie_task);
 			spin_lock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
 		}
 		rtc->uie_irq_active = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1305.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1305.c
index 48da85e97ca4c589fd068f7930c157cc2c3b8154..077af1d7b9e4b7ccc2641887823a99cc79ad7359 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1305.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1305.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static int __devexit ds1305_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (spi->irq) {
 		set_bit(FLAG_EXITING, &ds1305->flags);
 		free_irq(spi->irq, ds1305);
-		flush_scheduled_work();
+		cancel_work_sync(&ds1305->work);
 	}
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(ds1305->rtc);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
index 1f0007fd44314c5b65ffc39fde6df81cc568d492..47fb6357c346a111abd5c9f5215ebf6cd644ee87 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int __devexit ds1374_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		mutex_unlock(&ds1374->mutex);
 
 		free_irq(client->irq, client);
-		flush_scheduled_work();
+		cancel_work_sync(&ds1374->work);
 	}
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(ds1374->rtc);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
index 57063552d3b76c538a64f692631a284f0d16a8dc..23a9ee19764cb5358b87eb5c935474a82bbbae4f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int __devexit ds3232_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		mutex_unlock(&ds3232->mutex);
 
 		free_irq(client->irq, client);
-		flush_scheduled_work();
+		cancel_work_sync(&ds3232->work);
 	}
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(ds3232->rtc);
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8025.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8025.c
index 1146e3522d3cdc82b512fc751e4ac6adf03c0440..af32a62e12a82365cf2e796f4d66d961505f42aa 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8025.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8025.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static int __devexit rx8025_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		mutex_unlock(lock);
 
 		free_irq(client->irq, client);
-		flush_scheduled_work();
+		cancel_work_sync(&rx8025->work);
 	}
 
 	rx8025_sysfs_unregister(&client->dev);