diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c977f4e4e63be6c4cf3b477f628e4fc7d323d1f5..9d70c0c177c7cb8aec29de2094536b8358ae8679 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 
 	ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
-	del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 	ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
 	ext4_mb_release(sb);
 	ext4_ext_release(sb);
@@ -4184,7 +4184,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 failed_mount3:
 	ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
-	del_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
+	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 	if (sbi->s_flex_groups)
 		ext4_kvfree(sbi->s_flex_groups);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter);