diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9033.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9033.c
index bc35206a08215b83a6cf49719cfd1db9363af98c..8b328d1ca8d365f6cac693a443a80adee4e9041e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9033.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/af9033.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,9 @@ static int af9033_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	dev_dbg(&dev->client->dev, "\n");
 
+	/* stop statistics polling */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->stat_work);
+
 	dev->fe.ops.release = NULL;
 	dev->fe.demodulator_priv = NULL;
 	kfree(dev);