struct soc_bytes_ext bytes_ext;
        unsigned int flags;
        unsigned int type;
+       struct work_struct work;
 };
 
 static const char *wm_adsp_mem_region_name(unsigned int type)
        return 0;
 }
 
-struct wmfw_ctl_work {
-       struct wm_adsp *dsp;
-       struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl;
-       struct work_struct work;
-};
-
 static unsigned int wmfw_convert_flags(unsigned int in, unsigned int len)
 {
        unsigned int out, rd, wr, vol;
 
 static void wm_adsp_ctl_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct wmfw_ctl_work *ctl_work = container_of(work,
-                                                     struct wmfw_ctl_work,
-                                                     work);
+       struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl = container_of(work,
+                                               struct wm_coeff_ctl,
+                                               work);
 
-       wmfw_add_ctl(ctl_work->dsp, ctl_work->ctl);
-       kfree(ctl_work);
+       wmfw_add_ctl(ctl->dsp, ctl);
 }
 
 static void wm_adsp_free_ctl_blk(struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl)
 {
+       cancel_work_sync(&ctl->work);
+
        kfree(ctl->cache);
        kfree(ctl->name);
        kfree(ctl->subname);
                                  unsigned int flags, unsigned int type)
 {
        struct wm_coeff_ctl *ctl;
-       struct wmfw_ctl_work *ctl_work;
        char name[SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ID_NAME_MAXLEN];
        const char *region_name;
        int ret;
        if (flags & WMFW_CTL_FLAG_SYS)
                return 0;
 
-       ctl_work = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctl_work), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!ctl_work) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err_list_del;
-       }
-
-       ctl_work->dsp = dsp;
-       ctl_work->ctl = ctl;
-       INIT_WORK(&ctl_work->work, wm_adsp_ctl_work);
-       schedule_work(&ctl_work->work);
+       INIT_WORK(&ctl->work, wm_adsp_ctl_work);
+       schedule_work(&ctl->work);
 
        return 0;
 
-err_list_del:
-       list_del(&ctl->list);
-       kfree(ctl->cache);
 err_ctl_subname:
        kfree(ctl->subname);
 err_ctl_name: