diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 662028d7a1c6..6105894a218a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -2077,6 +2077,7 @@ static void nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = &tcp_ctrl->ctrl;
 
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
+	flush_work(&ctrl->async_event_work);
 	nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues(ctrl, false);
 	/* unquiesce to fail fast pending requests */
 	nvme_start_queues(ctrl);