diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
index b73f09d26688..0b8a83fa6c5b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c
@@ -548,7 +548,17 @@ static void uclogic_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
 {
 	struct uclogic_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
 
-	timer_delete_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
+	/*
+	 * Shut the in-range timer down before stopping the device.
+	 * uclogic_raw_event_pen() re-arms inrange_timer on every pen report
+	 * and keeps running until hid_hw_stop() stops the transport, so a
+	 * plain timer_delete_sync() here can be undone by a report landing in
+	 * the window before hid_hw_stop().  timer_shutdown_sync() cancels the
+	 * timer and makes any later re-arm a no-op, so it is provably dead
+	 * before hid_hw_stop() frees the input device drvdata->pen_input
+	 * points at.
+	 */
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&drvdata->inrange_timer);
 	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
 	kfree(drvdata->desc_ptr);
 	uclogic_params_cleanup(&drvdata->params);