diff --git a/scst/src/scst_mem.c b/scst/src/scst_mem.c
index 28580c514..c4792da4f 100644
--- a/scst/src/scst_mem.c
+++ b/scst/src/scst_mem.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,6 @@ static void sgv_pool_destroy(struct sgv_pool *pool)
 
 	TRACE_ENTRY();
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&pool->sgv_purge_work);
-
 	sgv_pool_flush(pool);
 
 	mutex_lock(&sgv_pools_mutex);
@@ -1601,6 +1599,8 @@ static void sgv_pool_destroy(struct sgv_pool *pool)
 	scst_sgv_sysfs_del(pool);
 #endif
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&pool->sgv_purge_work);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < pool->max_caches; i++) {
 		if (pool->caches[i])
 			kmem_cache_destroy(pool->caches[i]);
@@ -1828,8 +1828,6 @@ void scst_sgv_pools_deinit(void)
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_pool);
 	sgv_pool_destroy(sgv_norm_clust_pool);
 
-	flush_scheduled_work();
-
 	TRACE_EXIT();
 	return;
 }