diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 9d67b485303005771a090ea7a3c1e1c6f8b74e9e..736cca8a03d487652e2a1fd408478973a348f9fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -2256,9 +2256,6 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 	i915_mch_dev = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&mchdev_lock);
 
-	destroy_workqueue(dev_priv->wq);
-	del_timer_sync(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer);
-
 	io_mapping_free(dev_priv->mm.gtt_mapping);
 	if (dev_priv->mm.gtt_mtrr >= 0) {
 		mtrr_del(dev_priv->mm.gtt_mtrr, dev->agp->base,
@@ -2283,6 +2280,9 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 
+	del_timer_sync(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer);
+	cancel_work_sync(&dev_priv->error_work);
+
 	if (dev->pdev->msi_enabled)
 		pci_disable_msi(dev->pdev);
 
@@ -2307,6 +2307,8 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	intel_teardown_mchbar(dev);
 
+	destroy_workqueue(dev_priv->wq);
+
 	pci_dev_put(dev_priv->bridge_dev);
 	kfree(dev->dev_private);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 16fca1d1799a4211474a91e7fc52b605eceafbfc..4cccdce5f80f565b9faf821a0ab33f281a06826a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4408,7 +4408,7 @@ i915_gem_idle(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * And not confound mm.suspended!
 	 */
 	dev_priv->mm.suspended = 1;
-	del_timer(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&dev_priv->hangcheck_timer);
 
 	i915_kernel_lost_context(dev);
 	i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);