diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 14133eb..c58ec5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -2261,6 +2261,9 @@
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to idle hardware: %d\n", ret);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
+	/* Cancel the retire work handler, which should be idle now. */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev_priv->mm.retire_work);
+
 	io_mapping_free(dev_priv->mm.gtt_mapping);
 	if (dev_priv->mm.gtt_mtrr >= 0) {
 		mtrr_del(dev_priv->mm.gtt_mtrr, dev->agp->base,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index af4a263..04aada0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -978,7 +978,6 @@
 int i915_gem_object_get_fence_reg(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 int i915_gem_object_put_fence_reg(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 void i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_device *dev);
-void i915_gem_retire_work_handler(struct work_struct *work);
 void i915_gem_clflush_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 int i915_gem_object_set_domain(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 			       uint32_t read_domains,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 4cccdce..26eb6e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
 		i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(dev, &dev_priv->bsd_ring);
 }
 
-void
+static void
 i915_gem_retire_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv;