diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c
index 02a73d9a4defed6b066913c88cc40ebbfd1dd77f..23da4e1974cc330da1f99664d0490ec6fa2f7461 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/cyttsp4_core.c
@@ -1249,9 +1249,8 @@ static void cyttsp4_stop_wd_timer(struct cyttsp4 *cd)
 	 * Ensure we wait until the watchdog timer
 	 * running on a different CPU finishes
 	 */
-	del_timer_sync(&cd->watchdog_timer);
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&cd->watchdog_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&cd->watchdog_work);
-	del_timer_sync(&cd->watchdog_timer);
 }
 
 static void cyttsp4_watchdog_timer(struct timer_list *t)