diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 2f80b6853cbd0492ed1cdc46fc5cddf2bbe82f49..9f75dc17e345c72619e56d36165020a0897d10db 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_teardown_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
 	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
+	blk_sync_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset) {
 		blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset,
@@ -880,6 +881,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 {
 	if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count > 1) {
 		nvme_stop_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
+		nvme_sync_io_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
 		nvme_rdma_stop_io_queues(ctrl);
 		if (ctrl->ctrl.tagset) {
 			blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter(ctrl->ctrl.tagset,
@@ -1665,16 +1667,12 @@ static void nvme_rdma_complete_timed_out(struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct nvme_rdma_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 	struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue = req->queue;
-	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = queue->ctrl;
 
-	/* fence other contexts that may complete the command */
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(queue);
 	if (blk_mq_request_started(rq) && !blk_mq_request_completed(rq)) {
 		nvme_req(rq)->status = NVME_SC_HOST_ABORTED_CMD;
 		blk_mq_complete_request(rq);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->teardown_lock);
 }
 
 static enum blk_eh_timer_return