diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
index a491db46e3bd..d9f6367b9993 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c
@@ -2787,13 +2787,14 @@ void pn53x_common_clean(struct pn533 *priv)
 {
 	struct pn533_cmd *cmd, *n;
 
+	/* delete the timer before cleanup the worker */
+	del_timer_sync(&priv->listen_timer);
+
 	flush_delayed_work(&priv->poll_work);
 	destroy_workqueue(priv->wq);
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&priv->resp_q);
 
-	del_timer(&priv->listen_timer);
-
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd, n, &priv->cmd_queue, queue) {
 		list_del(&cmd->queue);
 		kfree(cmd);