diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index cddb31348167..e60822f07653 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -2296,17 +2296,27 @@ static int ibmvscsi_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 static int ibmvscsi_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata = dev_get_drvdata(&vdev->dev);
-	spin_lock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
-	list_del(&hostdata->host_list);
-	spin_unlock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
-	unmap_persist_bufs(hostdata);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	srp_remove_host(hostdata->host);
+	scsi_remove_host(hostdata->host);
+
+	purge_requests(hostdata, DID_ERROR);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(hostdata->host->host_lock, flags);
 	release_event_pool(&hostdata->pool, hostdata);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hostdata->host->host_lock, flags);
+
 	ibmvscsi_release_crq_queue(&hostdata->queue, hostdata,
 					max_events);
 
 	kthread_stop(hostdata->work_thread);
-	srp_remove_host(hostdata->host);
-	scsi_remove_host(hostdata->host);
+	unmap_persist_bufs(hostdata);
+
+	spin_lock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
+	list_del(&hostdata->host_list);
+	spin_unlock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
+
 	scsi_host_put(hostdata->host);
 
 	return 0;