diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
index a90cb84a4b4d..829ee4861bf7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/core/cec-adap.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ int cec_transmit_msg_fh(struct cec_adapter *adap, struct cec_msg *msg,
 	 */
 	mutex_unlock(&adap->lock);
 	err = wait_for_completion_killable(&data->c);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->work);
+	disable_delayed_work_sync(&data->work);
 	mutex_lock(&adap->lock);
 
 	if (err)