diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
index 811cf83f956de4db38856abdc79712a19494c1ef..ef60718070728c227ffd954f2d3777292e5ffd53 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct slot {
  *	that has not yet been cleared by the user
  * @pending_events: used by the IRQ handler to save events retrieved from the
  *	Slot Status register for later consumption by the IRQ thread
+ * @ist_running: flag to keep user request waiting while IRQ thread is running
  * @request_result: result of last user request submitted to the IRQ thread
  * @requester: wait queue to wake up on completion of user request,
  *	used for synchronous slot enable/disable request via sysfs
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ struct controller {
 	unsigned int notification_enabled:1;
 	unsigned int power_fault_detected;
 	atomic_t pending_events;
+	unsigned int ist_running;
 	int request_result;
 	wait_queue_head_t requester;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c
index 9c397fa8704c65974da2ffc7af4c1bcbac78d3ef..c71964e29b0135537ad6815aa8bc2cfc49cac004 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ int pciehp_sysfs_enable_slot(struct slot *p_slot)
 		ctrl->request_result = -ENODEV;
 		pciehp_request(ctrl, PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PDC);
 		wait_event(ctrl->requester,
-			   !atomic_read(&ctrl->pending_events));
+			   !atomic_read(&ctrl->pending_events) &&
+			   !ctrl->ist_running);
 		return ctrl->request_result;
 	case POWERON_STATE:
 		ctrl_info(ctrl, "Slot(%s): Already in powering on state\n",
@@ -416,7 +417,8 @@ int pciehp_sysfs_disable_slot(struct slot *p_slot)
 		mutex_unlock(&p_slot->lock);
 		pciehp_request(ctrl, DISABLE_SLOT);
 		wait_event(ctrl->requester,
-			   !atomic_read(&ctrl->pending_events));
+			   !atomic_read(&ctrl->pending_events) &&
+			   !ctrl->ist_running);
 		return ctrl->request_result;
 	case POWEROFF_STATE:
 		ctrl_info(ctrl, "Slot(%s): Already in powering off state\n",
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
index a938abdb41ceeb575dc62af740d78d278104280c..c3e3f5358b3ba123127f23816d7aa51686f095ed 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pciehp_ist(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	irqreturn_t ret;
 	u32 events;
 
+	ctrl->ist_running = true;
 	pci_config_pm_runtime_get(pdev);
 
 	/* rerun pciehp_isr() if the port was inaccessible on interrupt */
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pciehp_ist(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	up_read(&ctrl->reset_lock);
 
 	pci_config_pm_runtime_put(pdev);
+	ctrl->ist_running = false;
 	wake_up(&ctrl->requester);
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }