diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
index 4fd4a2907da7..bc4683a75e61 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ static int rkvdec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct rkvdec_dev *rkvdec = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&rkvdec->watchdog_work);
+
 	rkvdec_v4l2_cleanup(rkvdec);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);