diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index e957ad0a07f5..cfd437f7750e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ struct nvme_rdma_ctrl {
 	struct sockaddr_storage src_addr;
 
 	struct nvme_ctrl	ctrl;
-	struct mutex		teardown_lock;
 	bool			use_inline_data;
 	u32			io_queues[HCTX_MAX_TYPES];
 };
@@ -933,8 +932,8 @@ out_free_io_queues:
 static void nvme_rdma_teardown_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
+	blk_sync_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset) {
 		blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset,
@@ -944,16 +943,15 @@ static void nvme_rdma_teardown_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 	if (remove)
 		blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
 	nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(ctrl, remove);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static void nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
 		nvme_start_freeze(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_stop_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
+		nvme_sync_io_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_rdma_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
 		if (ctrl->ctrl.tagset) {
 			blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->ctrl.tagset,
@@ -964,7 +962,6 @@ static void nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 			nvme_start_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_rdma_destroy_io_queues(ctrl, remove);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static void nvme_rdma_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl)
@@ -1728,16 +1725,12 @@ static void nvme_rdma_complete_timed_out(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct nvme_rdma_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 	struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue = req->queue;
-	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = queue->ctrl;
 
-	/* fence other contexts that may complete the command */
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(queue);
 	if (!blk_mq_request_completed(rq)) {
 		nvme_req(rq)->status = NVME_SC_HOST_ABORTED_CMD;
 		blk_mq_complete_request(rq);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static enum blk_eh_timer_return
@@ -2029,7 +2022,6 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_rdma_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ctrl->ctrl.opts = opts;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->list);
-	mutex_init(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 
 	if (!(opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_TRSVCID)) {
 		opts->trsvcid =