mutex_lock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
                rc = sprintf(buf, "%d%s", acpi_desc->scrub_count,
-                               work_busy(&acpi_desc->dwork.work)
+                               acpi_desc->scrub_busy
                                && !acpi_desc->cancel ? "+\n" : "\n");
                mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
        }
        return 0;
 }
 
+static void __sched_ars(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc, unsigned int tmo)
+{
+       lockdep_assert_held(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+
+       acpi_desc->scrub_busy = 1;
+       /* note this should only be set from within the workqueue */
+       if (tmo)
+               acpi_desc->scrub_tmo = tmo;
+       queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, tmo * HZ);
+}
+
+static void sched_ars(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
+{
+       __sched_ars(acpi_desc, 0);
+}
+
+static void notify_ars_done(struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc)
+{
+       lockdep_assert_held(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+
+       acpi_desc->scrub_busy = 0;
+       acpi_desc->scrub_count++;
+       if (acpi_desc->scrub_count_state)
+               sysfs_notify_dirent(acpi_desc->scrub_count_state);
+}
+
 static void acpi_nfit_scrub(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc;
        mutex_lock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
        query_rc = acpi_nfit_query_poison(acpi_desc);
        tmo = __acpi_nfit_scrub(acpi_desc, query_rc);
-       if (tmo) {
-               queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, tmo * HZ);
-               acpi_desc->scrub_tmo = tmo;
-       } else {
-               acpi_desc->scrub_count++;
-               if (acpi_desc->scrub_count_state)
-                       sysfs_notify_dirent(acpi_desc->scrub_count_state);
-       }
+       if (tmo)
+               __sched_ars(acpi_desc, tmo);
+       else
+               notify_ars_done(acpi_desc);
        memset(acpi_desc->ars_status, 0, acpi_desc->max_ars);
        mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 }
                        break;
                }
 
-       queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, 0);
+       sched_ars(acpi_desc);
        return 0;
 }
 
                }
        }
        if (scheduled) {
-               queue_delayed_work(nfit_wq, &acpi_desc->dwork, 0);
+               sched_ars(acpi_desc);
                dev_dbg(dev, "ars_scan triggered\n");
        }
        mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);