diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 11a6c03d202a9d8a98d35f21f8f03c8f63cac82d..767f7af3bd40385ae18823ab579fff1709f79d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1793,8 +1793,6 @@ static void vxlan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 	struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(dev_net(dev), vxlan_net_id);
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	flush_workqueue(vxlan_wq);
-
 	spin_lock(&vn->sock_lock);
 	hlist_del_rcu(&vxlan->hlist);
 	spin_unlock(&vn->sock_lock);