diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index a5c9b385223af994d3ef90125d020f3a12589ebf..427e959e4869484e88a1a61cb5fe799aa4ff1ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static int drbd_thread_setup(void *arg)
 	thi->task = NULL;
 	thi->t_state = NONE;
 	smp_mb();
-	complete(&thi->stop);
+	complete_all(&thi->stop);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&thi->t_lock, flags);
 
 	conn_info(tconn, "Terminating %s\n", current->comm);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 9d9b93f0885012fcea0ae1f476776d5a01b8431d..25468e2be8d03081734b9e9fdac8f17784b3aa01 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -1050,10 +1050,16 @@ static void conn_reconfig_start(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
 /* if still unconfigured, stops worker again. */
 static void conn_reconfig_done(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
 {
+	bool stop_threads;
 	spin_lock_irq(&tconn->req_lock);
-	if (conn_all_vols_unconf(tconn))
-		drbd_thread_stop_nowait(&tconn->worker);
+	stop_threads = conn_all_vols_unconf(tconn);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tconn->req_lock);
+	if (stop_threads) {
+		/* asender is implicitly stopped by receiver
+		 * in drbd_disconnect() */
+		drbd_thread_stop(&tconn->receiver);
+		drbd_thread_stop(&tconn->worker);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Make sure IO is suspended before calling this function(). */
@@ -3123,7 +3129,6 @@ int drbd_adm_down(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	/* delete connection */
 	if (conn_lowest_minor(adm_ctx.tconn) < 0) {
-		drbd_thread_stop(&adm_ctx.tconn->worker);
 		list_del(&adm_ctx.tconn->all_tconn);
 		kref_put(&adm_ctx.tconn->kref, &conn_destroy);
 
@@ -3133,7 +3138,6 @@ int drbd_adm_down(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		retcode = ERR_CONN_IN_USE;
 		drbd_msg_put_info("failed to delete connection");
 	}
-
 	up_write(&drbd_cfg_rwsem);
 	goto out;
 out_unlock:
@@ -3164,6 +3168,8 @@ int drbd_adm_delete_connection(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	}
 	up_write(&drbd_cfg_rwsem);
 
+	if (retcode == NO_ERROR)
+		drbd_thread_stop(&adm_ctx.tconn->worker);
 out:
 	drbd_adm_finish(info, retcode);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index 0512bbb952e8229250345c608099fe8b55a4b345..523ec0940673a4477447548e9ee136fa239ed7ea 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct after_state_chg_work {
 static int w_after_state_ch(struct drbd_work *w, int unused);
 static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 			   union drbd_state ns, enum chg_state_flags flags);
-static void after_all_state_ch(struct drbd_tconn *tconn);
 static enum drbd_state_rv is_valid_state(struct drbd_conf *, union drbd_state);
 static enum drbd_state_rv is_valid_soft_transition(union drbd_state, union drbd_state);
 static enum drbd_state_rv is_valid_transition(union drbd_state os, union drbd_state ns);
@@ -1380,8 +1379,6 @@ static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 			resume_next_sg(mdev);
 	}
 
-	after_all_state_ch(mdev->tconn);
-
 	drbd_md_sync(mdev);
 }
 
@@ -1393,12 +1390,6 @@ struct after_conn_state_chg_work {
 	enum chg_state_flags flags;
 };
 
-static void after_all_state_ch(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
-{
-	if (conn_all_vols_unconf(tconn))
-		drbd_thread_stop_nowait(&tconn->worker);
-}
-
 static int w_after_conn_state_ch(struct drbd_work *w, int unused)
 {
 	struct after_conn_state_chg_work *acscw =
@@ -1461,12 +1452,7 @@ static int w_after_conn_state_ch(struct drbd_work *w, int unused)
 			spin_unlock_irq(&tconn->req_lock);
 		}
 	}
-
-
-	//conn_err(tconn, STATE_FMT, STATE_ARGS("nms", nms));
-	after_all_state_ch(tconn);
 	kref_put(&tconn->kref, &conn_destroy);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 7a73bd4287c411bed3abe7e2a81bd9a9391d57c4..0da1547bb2d25ba2a51a279f340edf6f6e90cc37 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -1744,10 +1744,6 @@ int drbd_worker(struct drbd_thread *thi)
 	 */
 	spin_unlock_irq(&tconn->data.work.q_lock);
 
-	/* _drbd_set_state only uses stop_nowait.
-	 * wait here for the exiting receiver. */
-	drbd_thread_stop(&tconn->receiver);
-
 	down_read(&drbd_cfg_rwsem);
 	idr_for_each_entry(&tconn->volumes, mdev, vnr) {
 		D_ASSERT(mdev->state.disk == D_DISKLESS && mdev->state.conn == C_STANDALONE);