diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
index d1ee72ed8384f5567f4ec698efce115a5ac4b740..066411cce5e263ddc5f80921ce50f4e45ea9a914 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c
@@ -338,9 +338,10 @@ static int rnbd_srv_link_ev(struct rtrs_srv *rtrs,
 
 void rnbd_srv_sess_dev_force_close(struct rnbd_srv_sess_dev *sess_dev)
 {
+	mutex_lock(&sess_dev->sess->lock);
 	rnbd_srv_destroy_dev_session_sysfs(sess_dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&sess_dev->sess->lock);
 	sess_dev->keep_id = true;
-
 }
 
 static int process_msg_close(struct rtrs_srv *rtrs,