diff --git a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
index 6174965d9a4dfea0455390355ce3fe90c0c8e2d2..f916ddf63938a03444c2ad6e4d8a6b63c46212aa 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ static struct atm_vcc *find_vcc(struct atm_dev *dev, short vpi, int vci)
 	sk_for_each(s, node, head) {
 		vcc = atm_sk(s);
 		if (vcc->dev == dev && vcc->vci == vci &&
-		    vcc->vpi == vpi && vcc->qos.rxtp.traffic_class != ATM_NONE)
+		    vcc->vpi == vpi && vcc->qos.rxtp.traffic_class != ATM_NONE &&
+		    test_bit(ATM_VF_READY, &vcc->flags))
 			goto out;
 	}
 	vcc = NULL;
@@ -907,6 +908,10 @@ static void pclose(struct atm_vcc *vcc)
 	clear_bit(ATM_VF_ADDR, &vcc->flags);
 	clear_bit(ATM_VF_READY, &vcc->flags);
 
+	/* Hold up vcc_destroy_socket() (our caller) until solos_bh() in the
+	   tasklet has finished processing any incoming packets (and, more to
+	   the point, using the vcc pointer). */
+	tasklet_unlock_wait(&card->tlet);
 	return;
 }