diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c b/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
index 22504c0a2841..88c6d1d1da11 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c
@@ -905,13 +905,15 @@ static void iowarrior_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 	/* prevent device read, write and ioctl */
 	dev->present = 0;
 
+	/* write urbs are not stopped on close() so kill unconditionally */
+	usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&dev->submitted);
+
 	if (dev->opened) {
 		/* There is a process that holds a filedescriptor to the device ,
 		   so we only shutdown read-/write-ops going on.
 		   Deleting the device is postponed until close() was called.
 		 */
 		usb_kill_urb(dev->int_in_urb);
-		usb_kill_anchored_urbs(&dev->submitted);
 		wake_up_interruptible(&dev->read_wait);
 		wake_up_interruptible(&dev->write_wait);
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);