diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
index c5e3ae5ddf4234991cfbe746a3ae3e1d9194cb7f..4b4e3579dd49c0498589b2216cfb4fb1d683e0fa 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
@@ -1638,12 +1638,12 @@ void hci_adv_instances_clear(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	struct adv_info *adv_instance, *n;
 
 	if (hdev->adv_instance_timeout) {
-		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->adv_instance_expire);
+		disable_delayed_work(&hdev->adv_instance_expire);
 		hdev->adv_instance_timeout = 0;
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(adv_instance, n, &hdev->adv_instances, list) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adv_instance->rpa_expired_cb);
+		disable_delayed_work_sync(&adv_instance->rpa_expired_cb);
 		list_del(&adv_instance->list);
 		kfree(adv_instance);
 	}
@@ -2670,11 +2670,11 @@ void hci_unregister_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	list_del(&hdev->list);
 	write_unlock(&hci_dev_list_lock);
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->rx_work);
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->cmd_work);
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->tx_work);
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->power_on);
-	cancel_work_sync(&hdev->error_reset);
+	disable_work_sync(&hdev->rx_work);
+	disable_work_sync(&hdev->cmd_work);
+	disable_work_sync(&hdev->tx_work);
+	disable_work_sync(&hdev->power_on);
+	disable_work_sync(&hdev->error_reset);
 
 	hci_cmd_sync_clear(hdev);
 
@@ -2781,8 +2781,14 @@ static void hci_cancel_cmd_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, int err)
 {
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "err 0x%2.2x", err);
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->cmd_timer);
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
+	if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_UNREGISTER)) {
+		disable_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->cmd_timer);
+		disable_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
+	} else  {
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->cmd_timer);
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
+	}
+
 	atomic_set(&hdev->cmd_cnt, 1);
 
 	hci_cmd_sync_cancel_sync(hdev, err);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
index e086f2947c5fc5538ff276f887544a403ddd1d36..9d31b7881af5f8a2f1686a259c69939c7c7315b6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
@@ -5158,10 +5158,17 @@ int hci_dev_close_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 	bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "");
 
-	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
-	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
-	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_disable);
-	cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_restart);
+	if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_UNREGISTER)) {
+		disable_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
+		disable_delayed_work(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
+		disable_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_disable);
+		disable_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_restart);
+	} else {
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->power_off);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->ncmd_timer);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_disable);
+		cancel_delayed_work(&hdev->le_scan_restart);
+	}
 
 	hci_request_cancel_all(hdev);