void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(void *dev_ptr);
 int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev);
+int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev, int flush);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_down(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(struct net_device *dev);
 
                flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
        }
 
-       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 1);
 
        /*
         * Flush the multicast groups first so we stop any multicast joins. The
 
        ipoib_dbg(priv, "cleaning up ib_dev\n");
 
-       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 1);
 
        /* Delete the broadcast address and the local address */
        ipoib_mcast_dev_down(dev);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
+int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev, int flush)
 {
        struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct ipoib_mcast *mcast;
        cancel_delayed_work(&priv->mcast_task);
        up(&mcast_mutex);
 
-       flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
+       if (flush)
+               flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
 
        if (priv->broadcast && priv->broadcast->query) {
                ib_sa_cancel_query(priv->broadcast->query_id, priv->broadcast->query);
 
        ipoib_dbg_mcast(priv, "restarting multicast task\n");
 
-       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev);
+       ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 0);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);