diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index b7e755f..a3984f4 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 	profile_event_unregister(PROFILE_TASK_EXIT, &task_exit_nb);
 	task_handoff_unregister(&task_free_nb);
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
-	flush_scheduled_work();
+	flush_cpu_work();
 
 	/* make sure we don't leak task structs */
 	process_task_mortuary();
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index f179ac2..59f5544 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -111,14 +111,18 @@
 
 void end_cpu_work(void)
 {
-	int i;
-
 	work_enabled = 0;
+}
+
+void flush_cpu_work(void)
+{
+	int i;
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(op_cpu_buffer, i);
 
-		cancel_delayed_work(&b->work);
+		/* these works are per-cpu, no need for flush_sync */
+		flush_delayed_work(&b->work);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
index 68ea16a..e1d097e 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 void start_cpu_work(void);
 void end_cpu_work(void);
+void flush_cpu_work(void);
 
 /* CPU buffer is composed of such entries (which are
  * also used for context switch notes)
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c b/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
index dc0ae4d..0107251 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "oprof.h"
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct hrtimer, oprofile_hrtimer);
+static int ctr_running;
 
 static enum hrtimer_restart oprofile_hrtimer_notify(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@
 {
 	struct hrtimer *hrtimer = &__get_cpu_var(oprofile_hrtimer);
 
+	if (!ctr_running)
+		return;
+
 	hrtimer_init(hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 	hrtimer->function = oprofile_hrtimer_notify;
 
@@ -42,7 +46,10 @@
 
 static int oprofile_hrtimer_start(void)
 {
+	get_online_cpus();
+	ctr_running = 1;
 	on_each_cpu(__oprofile_hrtimer_start, NULL, 1);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -50,6 +57,9 @@
 {
 	struct hrtimer *hrtimer = &per_cpu(oprofile_hrtimer, cpu);
 
+	if (!ctr_running)
+		return;
+
 	hrtimer_cancel(hrtimer);
 }
 
@@ -57,8 +67,11 @@
 {
 	int cpu;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 		__oprofile_hrtimer_stop(cpu);
+	ctr_running = 0;
+	put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 static int __cpuinit oprofile_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,