diff --git a/drivers/uwb/neh.c b/drivers/uwb/neh.c
index a269937..8cb71bb 100644
--- a/drivers/uwb/neh.c
+++ b/drivers/uwb/neh.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 	u8 evt_type;
 	__le16 evt;
 	u8 context;
+	u8 completed;
 	uwb_rc_cmd_cb_f cb;
 	void *arg;
 
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@
 	struct device *dev = &rc->uwb_dev.dev;
 	struct uwb_rc_neh *neh;
 	struct uwb_rceb *notif;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (rceb->bEventContext == 0) {
 		notif = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -422,7 +424,11 @@
 	} else {
 		neh = uwb_rc_neh_lookup(rc, rceb);
 		if (neh) {
-			del_timer_sync(&neh->timer);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&rc->neh_lock, flags);
+			/* to guard against a timeout */
+			neh->completed = 1;
+			del_timer(&neh->timer);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rc->neh_lock, flags);
 			uwb_rc_neh_cb(neh, rceb, size);
 		} else
 			dev_warn(dev, "event 0x%02x/%04x/%02x (%zu bytes): nobody cared\n",
@@ -568,6 +574,10 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rc->neh_lock, flags);
+	if (neh->completed) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rc->neh_lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
 	if (neh->context)
 		__uwb_rc_neh_rm(rc, neh);
 	else