diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
index 351d2e711ec5a28af45178007f9c2283c5fdd091..5dcac24a7a1bf24b8fb193e7406a1dc5df7c789e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_aux.c
@@ -602,7 +602,6 @@ void zfcp_adapter_dequeue(struct zfcp_adapter *adapter)
 	int retval = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->scan_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->stat_work);
 	zfcp_fc_wka_ports_force_offline(adapter->gs);
 	zfcp_adapter_scsi_unregister(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
index 95644b71836e8ee187a11cebe9467c760ecc0a8a..9fe32f7ec8d2f732f554c7df3fb3c6b68dba7697 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_ccw.c
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ static void zfcp_ccw_remove(struct ccw_device *ccw_device)
 	adapter = dev_get_drvdata(&ccw_device->dev);
 	if (!adapter)
 		goto out;
+	mutex_unlock(&zfcp_data.config_mutex);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->scan_work);
 
+	mutex_lock(&zfcp_data.config_mutex);
 	write_lock_irq(&zfcp_data.config_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(port, p, &adapter->port_list_head, list) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(unit, u, &port->unit_list_head, list) {