diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index c35d805..d37230f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4420,7 +4420,11 @@
 
 	ENTER;
 	ibmvfc_remove_trace_file(&vhost->host->shost_dev.kobj, &ibmvfc_trace_attr);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
 	ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_OFFLINE);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+
 	ibmvfc_wait_while_resetting(vhost);
 	ibmvfc_release_crq_queue(vhost);
 	kthread_stop(vhost->work_thread);