diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 271e8a5873549..76c32ca6eee8d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6147,7 +6147,8 @@ static void md_clean(struct mddev *mddev)
 static void __md_stop_writes(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
-	flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
+	if (work_pending(&mddev->del_work))
+		flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
 	if (mddev->sync_thread) {
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 		md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
@@ -6200,7 +6201,8 @@ static void __md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 	md_bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 	mddev_detach(mddev);
 	/* Ensure ->event_work is done */
-	flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
+	if (mddev->event_work.func)
+		flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
 	spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
 	mddev->pers = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);