diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
index a0a3827b4aff75a774a01f2a6edc147989702697..188c8d2e6007c7cd52ac7d721b66af4b8f5e82c3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/appledisplay.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ struct appledisplay {
 };
 
 static atomic_t count_displays = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-static struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 
 static void appledisplay_complete(struct urb *urb)
 {
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ static void appledisplay_complete(struct urb *urb)
 	case ACD_BTN_BRIGHT_UP:
 	case ACD_BTN_BRIGHT_DOWN:
 		pdata->button_pressed = 1;
-		queue_delayed_work(wq, &pdata->work, 0);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&pdata->work, 0);
 		break;
 	case ACD_BTN_NONE:
 	default:
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ static void appledisplay_disconnect(struct usb_interface *iface)
 
 	if (pdata) {
 		usb_kill_urb(pdata->urb);
-		cancel_delayed_work(&pdata->work);
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&pdata->work);
 		backlight_device_unregister(pdata->bd);
 		usb_free_coherent(pdata->udev, ACD_URB_BUFFER_LEN,
 			pdata->urbdata, pdata->urb->transfer_dma);
@@ -365,19 +364,11 @@ static struct usb_driver appledisplay_driver = {
 
 static int __init appledisplay_init(void)
 {
-	wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("appledisplay");
-	if (!wq) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "appledisplay: Could not create work queue\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	return usb_register(&appledisplay_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit appledisplay_exit(void)
 {
-	flush_workqueue(wq);
-	destroy_workqueue(wq);
 	usb_deregister(&appledisplay_driver);
 }