diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 56d4416c9a11c61f813fa5661af8610f4d99b871..e615f66f576f1f47f9a4583ad45b9d854054e4b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -11306,8 +11306,10 @@ static void i40e_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	/* no more scheduling of any task */
 	set_bit(__I40E_SUSPENDED, &pf->state);
 	set_bit(__I40E_DOWN, &pf->state);
-	del_timer_sync(&pf->service_timer);
-	cancel_work_sync(&pf->service_task);
+	if (pf->service_timer.data)
+		del_timer_sync(&pf->service_timer);
+	if (pf->service_task.func)
+		cancel_work_sync(&pf->service_task);
 
 	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED) {
 		i40e_free_vfs(pf);