diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
index 1a42bdbfaa41..bca190aa167e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static void nsim_fib_flush_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nsim_fib_rt *fib_rt, *fib_rt_tmp;
 
 	/* Process pending work. */
-	flush_work(&data->fib_event_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&data->fib_event_work);
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->fib_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(fib_rt, fib_rt_tmp, &data->fib_rt_list, list) {