diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index e5ac8ae1665d..cf826c2a8b59 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2121,6 +2121,9 @@ static void soc_cleanup_card_resources(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 	for_each_card_rtds(card, rtd)
 		if (rtd->initialized)
 			snd_soc_link_exit(rtd);
+	/* flush delayed work before removing DAIs and DAPM widgets */
+	snd_soc_flush_all_delayed_work(card);
+
 	/* remove and free each DAI */
 	soc_remove_link_dais(card);
 	soc_remove_link_components(card);