diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index d07fb653f5dc3348c41bbc68597489d2c4b25180..b1bf42b93fccb23249e4341e3ce56f6b8c84c5d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void scsi_attach_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	int vpd_len = SCSI_VPD_PG_LEN;
 	int pg80_supported = 0;
 	int pg83_supported = 0;
-	unsigned char *vpd_buf;
+	unsigned char __rcu *vpd_buf, *orig_vpd_buf = NULL;
 
 	if (sdev->skip_vpd_pages)
 		return;
@@ -828,8 +828,16 @@ void scsi_attach_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 			kfree(vpd_buf);
 			goto retry_pg80;
 		}
+		mutex_lock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
+		orig_vpd_buf = sdev->vpd_pg80;
 		sdev->vpd_pg80_len = result;
-		sdev->vpd_pg80 = vpd_buf;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(sdev->vpd_pg80, vpd_buf);
+		mutex_unlock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		if (orig_vpd_buf) {
+			kfree(orig_vpd_buf);
+			orig_vpd_buf = NULL;
+		}
 		vpd_len = SCSI_VPD_PG_LEN;
 	}
 
@@ -849,8 +857,14 @@ void scsi_attach_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 			kfree(vpd_buf);
 			goto retry_pg83;
 		}
+		mutex_lock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
+		orig_vpd_buf = sdev->vpd_pg83;
 		sdev->vpd_pg83_len = result;
-		sdev->vpd_pg83 = vpd_buf;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(sdev->vpd_pg83, vpd_buf);
+		mutex_unlock(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
+		synchronize_rcu();
+		if (orig_vpd_buf)
+			kfree(orig_vpd_buf);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 83245391e956bc6f351a668473debeba6121b71b..a1c195d71fd1c8ee24d4c43ddaf0a8b1818882c5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sdev(struct scsi_target *starget,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->starved_entry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdev->event_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&sdev->list_lock);
+	mutex_init(&sdev->inquiry_mutex);
 	INIT_WORK(&sdev->event_work, scsi_evt_thread);
 	INIT_WORK(&sdev->requeue_work, scsi_requeue_run_queue);
 
@@ -1516,6 +1517,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_add_device);
 void scsi_rescan_device(struct device *dev)
 {
 	device_lock(dev);
+
+	scsi_attach_vpd(to_scsi_device(dev));
+
 	if (dev->driver && try_module_get(dev->driver->owner)) {
 		struct scsi_driver *drv = to_scsi_driver(dev->driver);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 8d2312239ae0cda01238ae549f0ae8007de233ea..158f1b553acffd0fc65e598b8b00b492caf3f494 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -760,11 +760,15 @@ show_vpd_##_page(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,	\
 {									\
 	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);	\
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);			\
+	int ret;							\
 	if (!sdev->vpd_##_page)						\
 		return -EINVAL;						\
-	return memory_read_from_buffer(buf, count, &off,		\
-				       sdev->vpd_##_page,		\
+	rcu_read_lock();						\
+	ret = memory_read_from_buffer(buf, count, &off,			\
+				      rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_##_page), \
 				       sdev->vpd_##_page##_len);	\
+	rcu_read_unlock();						\
+	return ret;						\
 }									\
 static struct bin_attribute dev_attr_vpd_##_page = {		\
 	.attr =	{.name = __stringify(vpd_##_page), .mode = S_IRUGO },	\
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ses.c b/drivers/scsi/ses.c
index dcb0d76d7312847d37809df1f5763206567d5daf..e234da78ce6e50332a79a44b7cbe781808ecb393 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ses.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ses.c
@@ -554,17 +554,22 @@ static void ses_match_to_enclosure(struct enclosure_device *edev,
 				   struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	unsigned char *desc;
+	unsigned char __rcu *vpd_pg83;
 	struct efd efd = {
 		.addr = 0,
 	};
 
 	ses_enclosure_data_process(edev, to_scsi_device(edev->edev.parent), 0);
 
-	if (!sdev->vpd_pg83_len)
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	vpd_pg83 = rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83);
+	if (!vpd_pg83) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
+	}
 
-	desc = sdev->vpd_pg83 + 4;
-	while (desc < sdev->vpd_pg83 + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) {
+	desc = vpd_pg83 + 4;
+	while (desc < vpd_pg83 + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) {
 		enum scsi_protocol proto = desc[0] >> 4;
 		u8 code_set = desc[0] & 0x0f;
 		u8 piv = desc[1] & 0x80;
@@ -578,6 +583,7 @@ static void ses_match_to_enclosure(struct enclosure_device *edev,
 
 		desc += len + 4;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (efd.addr) {
 		efd.dev = &sdev->sdev_gendev;
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
index fe89d7cd67b9d3cfdcacddc6e17bb9366de38c0f..bde4077f2864a182c071519f6d450035767e79a2 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct scsi_device {
 	char type;
 	char scsi_level;
 	char inq_periph_qual;	/* PQ from INQUIRY data */	
+	struct mutex inquiry_mutex;
 	unsigned char inquiry_len;	/* valid bytes in 'inquiry' */
 	unsigned char * inquiry;	/* INQUIRY response data */
 	const char * vendor;		/* [back_compat] point into 'inquiry' ... */
@@ -117,9 +118,9 @@ struct scsi_device {
 
 #define SCSI_VPD_PG_LEN                255
 	int vpd_pg83_len;
-	unsigned char *vpd_pg83;
+	unsigned char __rcu *vpd_pg83;
 	int vpd_pg80_len;
-	unsigned char *vpd_pg80;
+	unsigned char __rcu *vpd_pg80;
 	unsigned char current_tag;	/* current tag */
 	struct scsi_target      *sdev_target;   /* used only for single_lun */