diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/bc_xprt.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/bc_xprt.h
index 87d27e13d8859742044849854288a7f5bec76dfe..d796058cdff2a82b0c65450f988f29683513cea8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/bc_xprt.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/bc_xprt.h
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ static inline int xprt_setup_backchannel(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void xprt_destroy_backchannel(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+					    unsigned int max_reqs)
+{
+}
+
 static inline bool svc_is_backchannel(const struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	return false;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c b/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c
index 7eb251372f947e879c511f2709c1ce29970fa6c3..195b40c5dae4ba8cb364c46d4631680b257bb7fa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/backchannel_rqst.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void xprt_destroy_bc(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, unsigned int max_reqs)
 		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->bc_pa_lock);
-	xprt->bc_alloc_max -= max_reqs;
+	xprt->bc_alloc_max -= min(max_reqs, xprt->bc_alloc_max);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &xprt->bc_pa_list, rq_bc_pa_list) {
 		dprintk("RPC:        req=%p\n", req);
 		list_del(&req->rq_bc_pa_list);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 8a45b3ccc31343aa089e9bed8837247256ecd61d..41df4c507193b39410f8c99f65c9fa0f795380c1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1942,6 +1942,11 @@ static void xprt_destroy_cb(struct work_struct *work)
 	rpc_destroy_wait_queue(&xprt->sending);
 	rpc_destroy_wait_queue(&xprt->backlog);
 	kfree(xprt->servername);
+	/*
+	 * Destroy any existing back channel
+	 */
+	xprt_destroy_backchannel(xprt, UINT_MAX);
+
 	/*
 	 * Tear down transport state and free the rpc_xprt
 	 */