diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 7be90bc..d2dfbd0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -881,8 +881,11 @@
  */
 static void xs_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
+	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt,
+			struct sock_xprt, xprt);
 	dprintk("RPC:       xs_destroy xprt %p\n", xprt);
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&transport->connect_worker);
 	xs_close(xprt);
 	xs_xprt_free(xprt);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);