diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
index 8497fb8f61933d24916f5bece56529d55b1b68ad..41f841fa6c4de6a57edb702c2875e4351a4cbff8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-mem.c
@@ -1792,8 +1792,7 @@ void xhci_mem_cleanup(struct xhci_hcd *xhci)
 	int size;
 	int i, j, num_ports;
 
-	if (timer_pending(&xhci->cmd_timer))
-		del_timer_sync(&xhci->cmd_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&xhci->cmd_timer);
 
 	/* Free the Event Ring Segment Table and the actual Event Ring */
 	size = sizeof(struct xhci_erst_entry)*(xhci->erst.num_entries);
@@ -2321,6 +2320,10 @@ int xhci_mem_init(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, gfp_t flags)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xhci->cmd_list);
 
+	/* init command timeout timer */
+	setup_timer(&xhci->cmd_timer, xhci_handle_command_timeout,
+		    (unsigned long)xhci);
+
 	page_size = readl(&xhci->op_regs->page_size);
 	xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_init,
 			"Supported page size register = 0x%x", page_size);
@@ -2505,10 +2508,6 @@ int xhci_mem_init(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, gfp_t flags)
 			"Wrote ERST address to ir_set 0.");
 	xhci_print_ir_set(xhci, 0);
 
-	/* init command timeout timer */
-	setup_timer(&xhci->cmd_timer, xhci_handle_command_timeout,
-		    (unsigned long)xhci);
-
 	/*
 	 * XXX: Might need to set the Interrupter Moderation Register to
 	 * something other than the default (~1ms minimum between interrupts).