diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/ipc.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/ipc.c
index a45ac7fa417b9aa97e673603bd166dda77c5379d..eef80ededdc6a616b6996301e7e058edc8be0a04 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/ipc.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2016, Intel Corporation.
  */
 
+#include <linux/devm-helpers.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -594,7 +595,6 @@ static void	recv_ipc(struct ishtp_device *dev, uint32_t doorbell_val)
 	case MNG_RESET_NOTIFY:
 		if (!ishtp_dev) {
 			ishtp_dev = dev;
-			INIT_WORK(&fw_reset_work, fw_reset_work_fn);
 		}
 		schedule_work(&fw_reset_work);
 		break;
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ struct ishtp_device *ish_dev_init(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct ishtp_device *dev;
 	int	i;
+	int	ret;
 
 	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 			   sizeof(struct ishtp_device) + sizeof(struct ish_hw),
@@ -892,6 +893,7 @@ struct ishtp_device *ish_dev_init(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
 
+	dev->devc = &pdev->dev;
 	ishtp_device_init(dev);
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->wait_hw_ready);
@@ -920,8 +922,13 @@ struct ishtp_device *ish_dev_init(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		list_add_tail(&tx_buf->link, &dev->wr_free_list);
 	}
 
+	ret = devm_work_autocancel(&pdev->dev, &fw_reset_work, fw_reset_work_fn);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev->devc, "Failed to initialise FW reset work\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	dev->ops = &ish_hw_ops;
-	dev->devc = &pdev->dev;
 	dev->mtu = IPC_PAYLOAD_SIZE - sizeof(struct ishtp_msg_hdr);
 	return dev;
 }