diff --git a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
index c6b89f13746901..823ddf30d42d2b 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/workqueue.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ impl Work {
             // SAFETY: When the work was queued, a call to `into_raw` was made. We just canceled
             // the work without it having the chance to run, so we need to explicitly destroy this
             // reference (which would have happened in `work_func` if it did run).
-            unsafe { Ref::from_raw(&*self) };
+            unsafe { Ref::from_raw(self) };
         }
     }