diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
index c39b21c8d3280c325bf2725776229fc876271ea1..b5a9b87e4ec9d89fbfbb9ef995f7ef411696dd0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ void intel_gt_driver_release(struct intel_gt *gt)
 void intel_gt_driver_late_release(struct intel_gt *gt)
 {
 	intel_uc_driver_late_release(&gt->uc);
+	intel_gt_fini_requests(gt);
 	intel_gt_fini_reset(gt);
 	intel_gt_fini_timelines(gt);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
index ccbddddbbd524d697abc08a957ea8fd08c24eae4..a79e6efb31a26b8341d5f3055c60c7a99fc85db0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
@@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ void intel_gt_unpark_requests(struct intel_gt *gt)
 	schedule_delayed_work(&gt->requests.retire_work,
 			      round_jiffies_up_relative(HZ));
 }
+
+void intel_gt_fini_requests(struct intel_gt *gt)
+{
+	/* Wait until the work is marked as finished before unloading! */
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&gt->requests.retire_work);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.h
index bd31cbce47e0f41dc36e7a5793ffafdf6e51dce4..fde546424c63a8f4fc0b2e564d6538ea9f21b4ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.h
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ int intel_gt_wait_for_idle(struct intel_gt *gt, long timeout);
 void intel_gt_init_requests(struct intel_gt *gt);
 void intel_gt_park_requests(struct intel_gt *gt);
 void intel_gt_unpark_requests(struct intel_gt *gt);
+void intel_gt_fini_requests(struct intel_gt *gt);
 
 #endif /* INTEL_GT_REQUESTS_H */