diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index d0336545e1fe..b164c662fed3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ 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];
 };
@@ -920,6 +921,7 @@ 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);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset) {
@@ -930,11 +932,13 @@ 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);
@@ -948,6 +952,7 @@ 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)
@@ -1988,6 +1993,7 @@ 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 =