diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index bab7db6fa9abf8c045b9e1b7e7a55f8996bf3745..4f7d9b48df643c7ef5f69b80f870a0f15c6efe87 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ enum {
 	IPOIB_NEIGH_TBL_FLUSH	  = 12,
 	IPOIB_FLAG_DEV_ADDR_SET	  = 13,
 	IPOIB_FLAG_DEV_ADDR_CTRL  = 14,
+	IPOIB_FLAG_GOING_DOWN	  = 15,
 
 	IPOIB_MAX_BACKOFF_SECONDS = 16,
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index b2f42835d76d51cfed64266d6f884f46de3a11d1..951d9abcca8b283e652368c7c9c96f1fa25f3df4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -1486,6 +1486,10 @@ static ssize_t set_mode(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = to_net_dev(d);
 	int ret;
+	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_GOING_DOWN, &priv->flags))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 2d7c1634664826a83f1f4efe42b1004c3b23d09f..0aa52c2f9438990a2fb1a7107a202c3d4d401c48 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -2141,6 +2141,9 @@ static void ipoib_remove_one(struct ib_device *device, void *client_data)
 		ib_unregister_event_handler(&priv->event_handler);
 		flush_workqueue(ipoib_workqueue);
 
+		/* mark interface in the middle of destruction */
+		set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_GOING_DOWN, &priv->flags);
+
 		rtnl_lock();
 		dev_change_flags(priv->dev, priv->dev->flags & ~IFF_UP);
 		rtnl_unlock();
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 64a35595eab83783ade2451f928832548fcb7271..a2f9f29c6ab589e746170ac6463dd6c7781cd20e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ int ipoib_vlan_add(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 
 	ppriv = netdev_priv(pdev);
 
+	if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_GOING_DOWN, &ppriv->flags))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	snprintf(intf_name, sizeof intf_name, "%s.%04x",
 		 ppriv->dev->name, pkey);
 	priv = ipoib_intf_alloc(intf_name);
@@ -183,6 +186,9 @@ int ipoib_vlan_delete(struct net_device *pdev, unsigned short pkey)
 
 	ppriv = netdev_priv(pdev);
 
+	if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_GOING_DOWN, &ppriv->flags))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();