diff --git a/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c b/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
index eb6ff0d0c06b..a8b8f023ff79 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static void bpf_ringbuf_free(struct bpf_ringbuf *rb)
 	struct page **pages = rb->pages;
 	int i, nr_pages = rb->nr_pages;
 
+	irq_work_sync(&rb->work);
+
 	vunmap(rb);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
 		__free_page(pages[i]);