diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
index dd9be229819a..d3541159487d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ void cxgb4_cleanup_tc_flower(struct adapter *adap)
 		return;
 
 	if (adap->flower_stats_timer.function)
-		del_timer_sync(&adap->flower_stats_timer);
+		timer_shutdown_sync(&adap->flower_stats_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&adap->flower_stats_work);
 	rhashtable_destroy(&adap->flower_tbl);
 	adap->tc_flower_initialized = false;