j1939_sk_queue_activate_next(session);
 }
 
-static void j1939_session_cancel(struct j1939_session *session,
+static void __j1939_session_cancel(struct j1939_session *session,
                                 enum j1939_xtp_abort err)
 {
        struct j1939_priv *priv = session->priv;
 
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!err);
+       lockdep_assert_held(&session->priv->active_session_list_lock);
 
        session->err = j1939_xtp_abort_to_errno(priv, err);
        /* do not send aborts on incoming broadcasts */
                j1939_sk_send_loop_abort(session->sk, session->err);
 }
 
+static void j1939_session_cancel(struct j1939_session *session,
+                                enum j1939_xtp_abort err)
+{
+       j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
+
+       if (session->state >= J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE &&
+           session->state < J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT) {
+               j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+               __j1939_session_cancel(session, err);
+       }
+
+       j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
+}
+
 static enum hrtimer_restart j1939_tp_txtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
        struct j1939_session *session =
                netdev_alert(priv->ndev, "%s: 0x%p: tx aborted with unknown reason: %i\n",
                             __func__, session, ret);
                if (session->skcb.addr.type != J1939_SIMPLE) {
-                       j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session,
-                                              J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
                        j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_OTHER);
                } else {
                        session->err = ret;
                        hrtimer_start(&session->rxtimer,
                                      ms_to_ktime(J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS),
                                      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
-                       j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT);
+                       __j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT);
                }
                j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
        }
 
  out_session_cancel:
        j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
-       j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
        j1939_session_cancel(session, err);
 }
 
 
                /* RTS on active session */
                j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
-               j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
                j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_BUSY);
        }
 
                             session->last_cmd);
 
                j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
-               j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
                j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_BUSY);
 
                return -EBUSY;
 
  out_session_cancel:
        j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
-       j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
        j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_FAULT);
        j1939_session_put(session);
 }