diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 42c35ff..11dc3ff 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -955,24 +955,30 @@ int scsi_sysfs_add_sdev(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &sdev->sdev_gendev;
+	struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue;
 
 	if (sdev->is_visible) {
 		if (scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CANCEL) != 0)
 			return;
 
-		bsg_unregister_queue(sdev->request_queue);
+		bsg_unregister_queue(q);
 		device_unregister(&sdev->sdev_dev);
 		transport_remove_device(dev);
 		device_del(dev);
 	} else
 		put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
+	/*
+	 * Stop accepting new requests before tearing down the
+	 * queue. Note: the actual queue deallocation happens in
+	 * scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext().
+	 */
+	blk_cleanup_queue(q);
+
 	scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_DEL);
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy)
 		sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy(sdev);
 	transport_destroy_device(dev);
 
-	/* Freeing the queue signals to block that we're done */
-	blk_cleanup_queue(sdev->request_queue);
 	put_device(dev);
 }