diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
index a3593d104caa..1fd1526059d8 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
@@ -401,13 +401,7 @@ static void batadv_tp_sender_cleanup(struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars)
 	batadv_tp_list_detach(tp_vars);
 
 	/* kill the timer and remove its reference */
-	timer_delete_sync(&tp_vars->timer);
-	/* the worker might have rearmed itself therefore we kill it again. Note
-	 * that if the worker should run again before invoking the following
-	 * timer_delete(), it would not re-arm itself once again because the status
-	 * is OFF now
-	 */
-	timer_delete(&tp_vars->timer);
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&tp_vars->timer);
 	batadv_tp_vars_put(tp_vars);
 }