diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/speedtch.c b/drivers/usb/atm/speedtch.c
index 9046eba112afca7808291d07d064962c4a9136f0..0842cfbf60cfcf74ec08b835d469c1f1c8f26ada 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/speedtch.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/speedtch.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static void speedtch_atm_stop(struct usbatm_data *usbatm, struct atm_dev *atm_de
 	del_timer_sync(&instance->resubmit_timer);
 	usb_free_urb(int_urb);
 
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	flush_work_sync(&instance->status_check_work);
 }
 
 static int speedtch_pre_reset(struct usb_interface *intf)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
index fbe86ca95802b93d68ace2718280a4aeb8b533c2..00a78248d7648cc0693c05a64fc93548dbad5314 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/u_ether.c
@@ -829,11 +829,9 @@ void gether_cleanup(void)
 		return;
 
 	unregister_netdev(the_dev->net);
+	flush_work_sync(&the_dev->work);
 	free_netdev(the_dev->net);
 
-	/* assuming we used keventd, it must quiesce too */
-	flush_scheduled_work();
-
 	the_dev = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index 5179acb7aa2fb08be16b4b5becbabeb449cd1911..bd5eff77d0cca70934965d50804f95b6a9f26a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@ static void ohci_stop (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 
 	ohci_dump (ohci, 1);
 
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	if (quirk_nec(ohci))
+		flush_work_sync(&ohci->nec_work);
 
 	ohci_usb_reset (ohci);
 	ohci_writel (ohci, OHCI_INTR_MIE, &ohci->regs->intrdisable);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/otg/isp1301_omap.c b/drivers/usb/otg/isp1301_omap.c
index 456969492410d716985d7be5227cd6ca4ce8ce28..e00fa1b22ecd854b7c960f5906b8ba105e5d5d1f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/otg/isp1301_omap.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/otg/isp1301_omap.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ static int __exit isp1301_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
 	isp->timer.data = 0;
 	set_bit(WORK_STOP, &isp->todo);
 	del_timer_sync(&isp->timer);
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	flush_work_sync(&isp->work);
 
 	put_device(&i2c->dev);
 	the_transceiver = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
index e199b0f4f99c462f0badb595fa9290be85214868..5be866bb7a4132a1e078939abda73daecaf2e434 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
@@ -613,9 +613,8 @@ static void oti6858_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 	dbg("%s(): after buf_clear()", __func__);
 
 	/* cancel scheduled setup */
-	cancel_delayed_work(&priv->delayed_setup_work);
-	cancel_delayed_work(&priv->delayed_write_work);
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->delayed_setup_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->delayed_write_work);
 
 	/* shutdown our urbs */
 	dbg("%s(): shutting down urbs", __func__);