diff --git a/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c b/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
index 414e98d82b02..b58ba030e7ae 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ static void virqfd_inject(struct work_struct *work)
 		virqfd->thread(virqfd->opaque, virqfd->data);
 }
 
+static void virqfd_flush_inject(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct virqfd *virqfd = container_of(work, struct virqfd, flush_inject);
+
+	flush_work(&virqfd->inject);
+}
+
 int vfio_virqfd_enable(void *opaque,
 		       int (*handler)(void *, void *),
 		       void (*thread)(void *, void *),
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ int vfio_virqfd_enable(void *opaque,
 
 	INIT_WORK(&virqfd->shutdown, virqfd_shutdown);
 	INIT_WORK(&virqfd->inject, virqfd_inject);
+	INIT_WORK(&virqfd->flush_inject, virqfd_flush_inject);
 
 	irqfd = fdget(fd);
 	if (!irqfd.file) {
@@ -217,6 +225,19 @@ void vfio_virqfd_disable(struct virqfd **pvirqfd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_virqfd_disable);
 
+void vfio_virqfd_flush_thread(struct virqfd **pvirqfd)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+	if (*pvirqfd && (*pvirqfd)->thread)
+		queue_work(vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq, &(*pvirqfd)->flush_inject);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&virqfd_lock, flags);
+
+	flush_workqueue(vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_virqfd_flush_thread);
+
 module_init(vfio_virqfd_init);
 module_exit(vfio_virqfd_exit);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index b53a9557884a..b7275ed44e4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ struct virqfd {
 	wait_queue_entry_t		wait;
 	poll_table		pt;
 	struct work_struct	shutdown;
+	struct work_struct	flush_inject;
 	struct virqfd		**pvirqfd;
 };
 
@@ -251,5 +252,6 @@ extern int vfio_virqfd_enable(void *opaque,
 			      void (*thread)(void *, void *),
 			      void *data, struct virqfd **pvirqfd, int fd);
 extern void vfio_virqfd_disable(struct virqfd **pvirqfd);
+void vfio_virqfd_flush_thread(struct virqfd **pvirqfd);
 
 #endif /* VFIO_H */