diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 3bce65183c95de..3415e20f006573 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1415,6 +1415,9 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_del_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct sock *sk = NULL;
 
 	tunnel = container_of(work, struct l2tp_tunnel, del_work);
+
+	l2tp_tunnel_closeall(tunnel);
+
 	sk = l2tp_tunnel_sock_lookup(tunnel);
 	if (!sk)
 		goto out;
@@ -1737,7 +1740,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_tunnel_create);
 int l2tp_tunnel_delete(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel)
 {
 	l2tp_tunnel_inc_refcount(tunnel);
-	l2tp_tunnel_closeall(tunnel);
 	if (false == queue_work(l2tp_wq, &tunnel->del_work)) {
 		l2tp_tunnel_dec_refcount(tunnel);
 		return 1;