diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
index d40b537f4e98..24ba5729969d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
@@ -4248,6 +4248,7 @@ static void bttv_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 
 	/* free resources */
 	free_irq(btv->c.pci->irq,btv);
+	del_timer_sync(&btv->timeout);
 	iounmap(btv->bt848_mmio);
 	release_mem_region(pci_resource_start(btv->c.pci,0),
 			   pci_resource_len(btv->c.pci,0));