diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index d6a3e148735428cac13e39e0ea7366ed38df84cf..19f86ea547bbc52e7a86c367b919d51a948dd950 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ struct nvme_tcp_ctrl {
 	struct sockaddr_storage src_addr;
 	struct nvme_ctrl	ctrl;
 
-	struct mutex		teardown_lock;
 	struct work_struct	err_work;
 	struct delayed_work	connect_work;
 	struct nvme_tcp_request async_req;
@@ -1886,8 +1885,8 @@ out_free_queue:
 static void nvme_tcp_teardown_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
+	blk_sync_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 	nvme_tcp_stop_queue(ctrl, 0);
 	if (ctrl->admin_tagset) {
 		blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->admin_tagset,
@@ -1897,18 +1896,17 @@ static void nvme_tcp_teardown_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 	if (remove)
 		blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 	nvme_tcp_destroy_admin_queue(ctrl, remove);
-	mutex_unlock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static void nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 	if (ctrl->queue_count <= 1)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 	nvme_start_freeze(ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_queues(ctrl);
+	nvme_sync_io_queues(ctrl);
 	nvme_tcp_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
 	if (ctrl->tagset) {
 		blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->tagset,
@@ -1918,8 +1916,6 @@ static void nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 	if (remove)
 		nvme_start_queues(ctrl);
 	nvme_tcp_destroy_io_queues(ctrl, remove);
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static void nvme_tcp_reconnect_or_remove(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
@@ -2171,14 +2167,11 @@ static void nvme_tcp_complete_timed_out(struct request *rq)
 	struct nvme_tcp_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = &req->queue->ctrl->ctrl;
 
-	/* fence other contexts that may complete the command */
-	mutex_lock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 	nvme_tcp_stop_queue(ctrl, nvme_tcp_queue_id(req->queue));
 	if (!blk_mq_request_completed(rq)) {
 		nvme_req(rq)->status = NVME_SC_HOST_ABORTED_CMD;
 		blk_mq_complete_request(rq);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static enum blk_eh_timer_return
@@ -2455,7 +2448,6 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_tcp_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 			nvme_tcp_reconnect_ctrl_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->err_work, nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->ctrl.reset_work, nvme_reset_ctrl_work);
-	mutex_init(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 
 	if (!(opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_TRSVCID)) {
 		opts->trsvcid =