diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
index 99743ca29ca147df75dacd12396be71da90266c9..3a5bbba3976eaf164c8fa892be47c77193bf2a7e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
@@ -724,6 +724,15 @@ static void asd_free_queues(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 
 	list_for_each_safe(pos, n, &pending) {
 		struct asd_ascb *ascb = list_entry(pos, struct asd_ascb, list);
+		/*
+		 * Delete unexpired ascb timers.  This may happen if we issue
+		 * a CONTROL PHY scb to an adapter and rmmod before the scb
+		 * times out.  Apparently we don't wait for the CONTROL PHY
+		 * to complete, so it doesn't matter if we kill the timer.
+		 */
+		del_timer_sync(&ascb->timer);
+		WARN_ON(ascb->scb->header.opcode != CONTROL_PHY);
+
 		list_del_init(pos);
 		ASD_DPRINTK("freeing from pending\n");
 		asd_ascb_free(ascb);