diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 42eac4d..d1f3cb6 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
 		break;
 	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
 	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE_FROZEN:
-		cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu));
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu));
 		per_cpu(vmstat_work, cpu).work.func = NULL;
 		break;
 	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED: