/* Stop callback and cancel the timer asap */
        Channel->OnChannelCallback = NULL;
-       del_timer(&Channel->poll_timer);
+       del_timer_sync(&Channel->poll_timer);
 
        /* Send a closing message */
        info = kmalloc(sizeof(*info) +
 {
        DumpVmbusChannel(Channel);
        ASSERT(Channel->OnChannelCallback);
-#ifdef ENABLE_POLLING
-       del_timer(&Channel->poll_timer);
-       Channel->OnChannelCallback(Channel->ChannelCallbackContext);
-       channel->poll_timer.expires(jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(100);
-       add_timer(&channel->poll_timer);
-#else
+
        Channel->OnChannelCallback(Channel->ChannelCallbackContext);
-#endif
+
+       mod_timer(&Channel->poll_timer, jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(100));
 }
 
 /**
 
        if (channel->OnChannelCallback) {
                channel->OnChannelCallback(channel->ChannelCallbackContext);
-#ifdef ENABLE_POLLING
-               channel->poll_timer.expires(jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(100);
-               add_timer(&channel->poll_timer);
-#endif
        }
 }
 
 
  */
 void FreeVmbusChannel(struct vmbus_channel *Channel)
 {
-       del_timer(&Channel->poll_timer);
+       del_timer_sync(&Channel->poll_timer);
 
        /*
         * We have to release the channel's workqueue/thread in the vmbus's