diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index fc5f780bb61dc..d5acb885b2e69 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ static int ghes_remove(struct platform_device *ghes_dev)
 		if (list_empty(&ghes_sci))
 			unregister_acpi_hed_notifier(&ghes_notifier_sci);
 		mutex_unlock(&ghes_list_mutex);
+		synchronize_rcu();
 		break;
 	case ACPI_HEST_NOTIFY_NMI:
 		ghes_nmi_remove(ghes);