diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
index a2b19fbdcf469597041e9cb5a70c7c648b0cede8..e1fea149f50b82629f2ad02323b14d7cba0eb86b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdomain.c
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ int dlm_domain_fully_joined(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 static void dlm_destroy_dlm_worker(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm)
 {
 	if (dlm->dlm_worker) {
-		flush_workqueue(dlm->dlm_worker);
 		destroy_workqueue(dlm->dlm_worker);
 		dlm->dlm_worker = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
index 9ab9e1892b5fc1ff88f1103d8391c337eca2607a..edce7b5f16043d65ef07fd88f39c154bc9435c79 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmfs/dlmfs.c
@@ -670,7 +670,6 @@ static void __exit exit_dlmfs_fs(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&dlmfs_fs_type);
 
-	flush_workqueue(user_dlm_worker);
 	destroy_workqueue(user_dlm_worker);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index 80733496b22af96f2c323f408fc5e1cfd45cdf7e..040bbb6a6e4b80fd4fa313f7a0b014505343f95d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -2521,10 +2521,8 @@ static void ocfs2_delete_osb(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	/* This function assumes that the caller has the main osb resource */
 
 	/* ocfs2_initializer_super have already created this workqueue */
-	if (osb->ocfs2_wq) {
-		flush_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
+	if (osb->ocfs2_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(osb->ocfs2_wq);
-	}
 
 	ocfs2_free_slot_info(osb);