diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
index 3c10a5066b53..c4a9dafff81d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ struct lm90_data {
 	struct hwmon_chip_info chip;
 	struct delayed_work alert_work;
 	struct work_struct report_work;
+	bool shutdown;		/* true if shutting down */
 	bool valid;		/* true if register values are valid */
 	bool alarms_valid;	/* true if status register values are valid */
 	unsigned long last_updated; /* in jiffies */
@@ -1154,6 +1155,9 @@ static void lm90_report_alarms(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static int lm90_update_alarms_locked(struct lm90_data *data, bool force)
 {
+	if (data->shutdown)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (force || !data->alarms_valid ||
 	    time_after(jiffies, data->alarms_updated + msecs_to_jiffies(data->update_interval))) {
 		struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
@@ -2584,15 +2588,23 @@ static void lm90_restore_conf(void *_data)
 	struct lm90_data *data = _data;
 	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
 
-	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->alert_work);
-	cancel_work_sync(&data->report_work);
-
 	/* Restore initial configuration */
 	if (data->flags & LM90_HAVE_CONVRATE)
 		lm90_write_convrate(data, data->convrate_orig);
 	lm90_write_reg(client, LM90_REG_CONFIG1, data->config_orig);
 }
 
+static void lm90_stop_work(void *_data)
+{
+	struct lm90_data *data = _data;
+
+	hwmon_lock(data->hwmon_dev);
+	data->shutdown = true;
+	hwmon_unlock(data->hwmon_dev);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&data->alert_work);
+	cancel_work_sync(&data->report_work);
+}
+
 static int lm90_init_client(struct i2c_client *client, struct lm90_data *data)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = client->dev.of_node;
@@ -2902,6 +2914,10 @@ static int lm90_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_dev;
 
+	err = devm_add_action_or_reset(&client->dev, lm90_stop_work, data);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	if (client->irq) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "IRQ: %d\n", client->irq);
 		err = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev, client->irq,
@@ -2930,7 +2946,7 @@ static void lm90_alert(struct i2c_client *client, enum i2c_alert_protocol type,
 		 */
 		struct lm90_data *data = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
-		if ((data->flags & LM90_HAVE_BROKEN_ALERT) &&
+		if (!data->shutdown && (data->flags & LM90_HAVE_BROKEN_ALERT) &&
 		    (data->current_alarms & data->alert_alarms)) {
 			if (!(data->config & 0x80)) {
 				dev_dbg(&client->dev, "Disabling ALERT#\n");