diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 53b213226c015ae29cd636c033a0c088776029aa..4cba2d808afb451109cfbf4602790f4011eae191 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2003 Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Jana Saout <jana@saout.de>
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Clemens Fruhwirth <clemens@endorphin.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2013 Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
@@ -1996,6 +1996,6 @@ static void __exit dm_crypt_exit(void)
 module_init(dm_crypt_init);
 module_exit(dm_crypt_exit);
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jana Saout <jana@saout.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " target for transparent encryption / decryption");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 3842ac738f98ff324f5e1152f08fb546a5bb47fa..db404a0f7e2c83ead70bbf32e2346ecd60aa2edf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
 
 #include <linux/bio.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ struct dm_io_client {
 struct io {
 	unsigned long error_bits;
 	atomic_t count;
-	struct task_struct *sleeper;
+	struct completion *wait;
 	struct dm_io_client *client;
 	io_notify_fn callback;
 	void *context;
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ static void dec_count(struct io *io, unsigned int region, int error)
 			invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(io->vma_invalidate_address,
 						     io->vma_invalidate_size);
 
-		if (io->sleeper)
-			wake_up_process(io->sleeper);
+		if (io->wait)
+			complete(io->wait);
 
 		else {
 			unsigned long r = io->error_bits;
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 	 */
 	volatile char io_[sizeof(struct io) + __alignof__(struct io) - 1];
 	struct io *io = (struct io *)PTR_ALIGN(&io_, __alignof__(struct io));
+	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait);
 
 	if (num_regions > 1 && (rw & RW_MASK) != WRITE) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 
 	io->error_bits = 0;
 	atomic_set(&io->count, 1); /* see dispatch_io() */
-	io->sleeper = current;
+	io->wait = &wait;
 	io->client = client;
 
 	io->vma_invalidate_address = dp->vma_invalidate_address;
@@ -403,15 +405,7 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 
 	dispatch_io(rw, num_regions, where, dp, io, 1);
 
-	while (1) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-
-		if (!atomic_read(&io->count))
-			break;
-
-		io_schedule();
-	}
-	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+	wait_for_completion_io(&wait);
 
 	if (error_bits)
 		*error_bits = io->error_bits;
@@ -434,7 +428,7 @@ static int async_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 	io = mempool_alloc(client->pool, GFP_NOIO);
 	io->error_bits = 0;
 	atomic_set(&io->count, 1); /* see dispatch_io() */
-	io->sleeper = NULL;
+	io->wait = NULL;
 	io->client = client;
 	io->callback = fn;
 	io->context = context;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 3f6fd9d33ba3dc4a77500fb285d19bdd54f0c836..f4167b013d990c3fc25f185ee467952824f0ae5d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1611,8 +1611,9 @@ static int multipath_busy(struct dm_target *ti)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
 
-	/* pg_init in progress, requeue until done */
-	if (!pg_ready(m)) {
+	/* pg_init in progress or no paths available */
+	if (m->pg_init_in_progress ||
+	    (!m->nr_valid_paths && m->queue_if_no_path)) {
 		busy = 1;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zero.c b/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
index c99003e0d47a7f2e58d6d3bf0aefe5bc0785f2e8..b9a64bbce304f937b9c4ac4b85e52e0247648e61 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zero.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2003 Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Jana Saout <jana@saout.de>
  *
  * This file is released under the GPL.
  */
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ static void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
 module_init(dm_zero_init)
 module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
 
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jana Saout <jana@saout.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 437d99045ef2c3ec4969f7b1a0717ec8cb672d90..32b958dbc499212bfcaceb6afbf72e58c5b4af66 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ static void do_deferred_remove(struct work_struct *w);
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(deferred_remove_work, do_deferred_remove);
 
+static struct workqueue_struct *deferred_remove_workqueue;
+
 /*
  * For bio-based dm.
  * One of these is allocated per bio.
@@ -276,16 +278,24 @@ static int __init local_init(void)
 	if (r)
 		goto out_free_rq_tio_cache;
 
+	deferred_remove_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kdmremove", WQ_UNBOUND, 1);
+	if (!deferred_remove_workqueue) {
+		r = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_uevent_exit;
+	}
+
 	_major = major;
 	r = register_blkdev(_major, _name);
 	if (r < 0)
-		goto out_uevent_exit;
+		goto out_free_workqueue;
 
 	if (!_major)
 		_major = r;
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_free_workqueue:
+	destroy_workqueue(deferred_remove_workqueue);
 out_uevent_exit:
 	dm_uevent_exit();
 out_free_rq_tio_cache:
@@ -299,6 +309,7 @@ out_free_io_cache:
 static void local_exit(void)
 {
 	flush_scheduled_work();
+	destroy_workqueue(deferred_remove_workqueue);
 
 	kmem_cache_destroy(_rq_tio_cache);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(_io_cache);
@@ -407,7 +418,7 @@ static void dm_blk_close(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&md->open_count) &&
 	    (test_bit(DMF_DEFERRED_REMOVE, &md->flags)))
-		schedule_work(&deferred_remove_work);
+		queue_work(deferred_remove_workqueue, &deferred_remove_work);
 
 	dm_put(md);