diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 0166ff0e4738..a94c80727de1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1438,7 +1439,6 @@ static void nvme_tcp_stop_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl, int qid)
 
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(NVME_TCP_Q_LIVE, &queue->flags))
 		return;
-
 	__nvme_tcp_stop_queue(queue);
 }
 
@@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ 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);
 	nvme_tcp_stop_queue(ctrl, 0);
 	if (ctrl->admin_tagset) {
@@ -1795,13 +1796,16 @@ 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)
-		return;
+		goto out;
+	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 	nvme_start_freeze(ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_queues(ctrl);
 	nvme_tcp_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
@@ -1813,6 +1817,8 @@ 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)
@@ -2311,6 +2317,7 @@ 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 =