diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index fed23304e4da..3fd2b28b91ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1215,6 +1215,8 @@ static void __guc_exec_queue_fini_async(struct work_struct *w)
 
 	if (xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
 		cancel_work_sync(&ge->lr_tdr);
+	/* Confirm no work left behind accessing device structures */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ge->sched.base.work_tdr);
 	release_guc_id(guc, q);
 	xe_sched_entity_fini(&ge->entity);
 	xe_sched_fini(&ge->sched);