diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
index 769311f6504d..338caac418b8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_init.c
@@ -209,13 +209,24 @@ void bnx2i_stop(void *handle)
 {
 	struct bnx2i_hba *hba = handle;
 	int conns_active;
+	int wait_delay = 1 * HZ;
 
 	/* check if cleanup happened in GOING_DOWN context */
-	if (!test_and_clear_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_GOING_DOWN,
-				&hba->adapter_state))
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_GOING_DOWN,
+			      &hba->adapter_state)) {
 		iscsi_host_for_each_session(hba->shost,
 					    bnx2i_drop_session);
-
+		wait_delay = hba->hba_shutdown_tmo;
+	}
+	/* Wait for inflight offload connection tasks to complete before
+	 * proceeding. Forcefully terminate all connection recovery in
+	 * progress at the earliest, either in bind(), send_pdu(LOGIN),
+	 * or conn_start()
+	 */
+	wait_event_interruptible_timeout(hba->eh_wait,
+					 (list_empty(&hba->ep_ofld_list) &&
+					 list_empty(&hba->ep_destroy_list)),
+					 10 * HZ);
 	/* Wait for all endpoints to be torn down, Chip will be reset once
 	 *  control returns to network driver. So it is required to cleanup and
 	 * release all connection resources before returning from this routine.
@@ -224,7 +235,7 @@ void bnx2i_stop(void *handle)
 		conns_active = hba->ofld_conns_active;
 		wait_event_interruptible_timeout(hba->eh_wait,
 				(hba->ofld_conns_active != conns_active),
-				hba->hba_shutdown_tmo);
+				wait_delay);
 		if (hba->ofld_conns_active == conns_active)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -233,9 +244,11 @@ void bnx2i_stop(void *handle)
 	/* This flag should be cleared last so that ep_disconnect() gracefully
 	 * cleans up connection context
 	 */
+	clear_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_GOING_DOWN, &hba->adapter_state);
 	clear_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_UP, &hba->adapter_state);
 }
 
+
 /**
  * bnx2i_init_one - initialize an adapter instance and allocate memory resources
  * @hba:	bnx2i adapter instance
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index 43b7dad8b48e..ac60c4c29e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,12 @@ static int bnx2i_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
 	ep = iscsi_lookup_endpoint(transport_fd);
 	if (!ep)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * Forcefully terminate all in progress connection recovery at the
+	 * earliest, either in bind(), send_pdu(LOGIN), or conn_start()
+	 */
+	if (bnx2i_adapter_ready(hba))
+		return -EIO;
 
 	bnx2i_ep = ep->dd_data;
 	if ((bnx2i_ep->state == EP_STATE_TCP_FIN_RCVD) ||
@@ -1404,7 +1410,6 @@ static int bnx2i_conn_bind(struct iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
 				  hba->netdev->name);
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}
-
 	bnx2i_ep->conn = bnx2i_conn;
 	bnx2i_conn->ep = bnx2i_ep;
 	bnx2i_conn->iscsi_conn_cid = bnx2i_ep->ep_iscsi_cid;