diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 677618e6f1f7..dc8603d34320 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ static void shutdown_smi(void *send_info)
 	 * handlers might have been running before we freed the
 	 * interrupt.
 	 */
-	synchronize_sched();
+	synchronize_rcu();
 
 	/*
 	 * Timeouts are stopped, now make sure the interrupts are off