diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
index 621d14ea3b81af..af495a6f039f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ static void adf_device_reset_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (adf_dev_restart(accel_dev)) {
 		/* The device hanged and we can't restart it so stop here */
 		dev_err(&GET_DEV(accel_dev), "Restart device failed\n");
-		if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC ||
-		    completion_done(&reset_data->compl))
+		if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC)
 			kfree(reset_data);
 		WARN(1, "QAT: device restart failed. Device is unusable\n");
 		return;
@@ -101,16 +100,8 @@ static void adf_device_reset_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	adf_dev_restarted_notify(accel_dev);
 	clear_bit(ADF_STATUS_RESTARTING, &accel_dev->status);
 
-	/*
-	 * The dev is back alive. Notify the caller if in sync mode
-	 *
-	 * If device restart will take a more time than expected,
-	 * the schedule_reset() function can timeout and exit. This can be
-	 * detected by calling the completion_done() function. In this case
-	 * the reset_data structure needs to be freed here.
-	 */
-	if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC ||
-	    completion_done(&reset_data->compl))
+	/* The dev is back alive. Notify the caller if in sync mode */
+	if (reset_data->mode == ADF_DEV_RESET_ASYNC)
 		kfree(reset_data);
 	else
 		complete(&reset_data->compl);
@@ -145,10 +136,10 @@ static int adf_dev_aer_schedule_reset(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev,
 		if (!timeout) {
 			dev_err(&GET_DEV(accel_dev),
 				"Reset device timeout expired\n");
+			cancel_work_sync(&reset_data->reset_work);
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		} else {
-			kfree(reset_data);
 		}
+		kfree(reset_data);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;