diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index b1e40da..dc98386 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@
 		 * anything expensive but will only modify reap_work
 		 * and reschedule the timer.
 		*/
-		cancel_rearming_delayed_work(&per_cpu(slab_reap_work, cpu));
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&per_cpu(slab_reap_work, cpu));
 		/* Now the cache_reaper is guaranteed to be not running. */
 		per_cpu(slab_reap_work, cpu).work.func = NULL;
   		break;