diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_power.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_power.c
index c8471d70cb8e..2ece50323c6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_power.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_power.c
@@ -2263,6 +2263,12 @@ intel_display_power_put_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			fetch_and_zero(&power_domains->async_put_domains[1]);
 		queue_async_put_domains_work(power_domains,
 					     fetch_and_zero(&new_work_wakeref));
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Cancel the work that got queued after this one got dequeued,
+		 * since here we released the corresponding async-put reference.
+		 */
+		cancel_delayed_work(&power_domains->async_put_work);
 	}
 
 out_verify: