diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 255035cfc88..c30c18ea48b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static void xlvbd_release_gendisk(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&blkif_io_lock, flags);
 
 	/* Flush gnttab callback work. Must be done with no locks held. */
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	flush_work_sync(&info->work);
 
 	del_gendisk(info->gd);
 
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static void blkif_free(struct blkfront_info *info, int suspend)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&blkif_io_lock);
 
 	/* Flush gnttab callback work. Must be done with no locks held. */
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	flush_work_sync(&info->work);
 
 	/* Free resources associated with old device channel. */
 	if (info->ring_ref != GRANT_INVALID_REF) {