1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index e0498571ae26..edbb2f389337 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1754,6 +1754,13 @@ out3:
 	if (info->unbind)
 		info->unbind (dev, udev);
 out1:
+	/* subdrivers must undo all they did in bind() if they
+	 * fail it, but we may fail later and a deferred kevent
+	 * may trigger an error resubmitting itself and, worse,
+	 * schedule a timer. So we kill it all just in case.
+	 */
+	cancel_work_sync(&dev->kevent);
+	del_timer_sync(&dev->delay);
 	free_netdev(net);
 out:
 	return status;