diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index f350912..2678a83 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 static wait_queue_head_t dasd_init_waitq;
 static wait_queue_head_t dasd_flush_wq;
 static wait_queue_head_t generic_waitq;
+static wait_queue_head_t shutdown_waitq;
 
 /*
  * Allocate memory for a new device structure.
@@ -1994,6 +1995,8 @@
 	/* Now check if the head of the ccw queue needs to be started. */
 	__dasd_device_start_head(device);
 	spin_unlock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+	if (waitqueue_active(&shutdown_waitq))
+		wake_up(&shutdown_waitq);
 	dasd_put_device(device);
 }
 
@@ -2632,6 +2635,8 @@
 	__dasd_block_start_head(block);
 	spin_unlock(&block->queue_lock);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&block->request_queue_lock);
+	if (waitqueue_active(&shutdown_waitq))
+		wake_up(&shutdown_waitq);
 	dasd_put_device(block->base);
 }
 
@@ -3474,6 +3479,32 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dasd_get_sense);
 
+static inline int _wait_for_empty_queues(struct dasd_device *device)
+{
+	if (device->block)
+		return list_empty(&device->ccw_queue) &&
+			list_empty(&device->block->ccw_queue);
+	else
+		return list_empty(&device->ccw_queue);
+}
+
+void dasd_generic_shutdown(struct ccw_device *cdev)
+{
+	struct dasd_device *device;
+
+	device = dasd_device_from_cdev(cdev);
+	if (IS_ERR(device))
+		return;
+
+	if (device->block)
+		dasd_schedule_block_bh(device->block);
+
+	dasd_schedule_device_bh(device);
+
+	wait_event(shutdown_waitq, _wait_for_empty_queues(device));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dasd_generic_shutdown);
+
 static int __init dasd_init(void)
 {
 	int rc;
@@ -3481,6 +3512,7 @@
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dasd_init_waitq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dasd_flush_wq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&generic_waitq);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&shutdown_waitq);
 
 	/* register 'common' DASD debug area, used for all DBF_XXX calls */
 	dasd_debug_area = debug_register("dasd", 1, 1, 8 * sizeof(long));