diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 1207007d8e4602426d1400c92701d371acdcd5a0..2aee81496ffad007a2bb037bcef118953cf93889 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2313,6 +2313,8 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
+
 	/*
 	 * If failover is pending don't schedule any other reset.
 	 * Instead let the failover complete. If there is already a
@@ -2333,14 +2335,11 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
-
 	list_for_each(entry, &adapter->rwi_list) {
 		tmp = list_entry(entry, struct ibmvnic_rwi, list);
 		if (tmp->reset_reason == reason) {
 			netdev_dbg(netdev, "Skipping matching reset, reason=%d\n",
 				   reason);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
 			ret = EBUSY;
 			goto err;
 		}
@@ -2348,8 +2347,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 
 	rwi = kzalloc(sizeof(*rwi), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rwi) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
-		ibmvnic_close(netdev);
 		ret = ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -2362,12 +2359,17 @@ static int ibmvnic_reset(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 	rwi->reset_reason = reason;
 	list_add_tail(&rwi->list, &adapter->rwi_list);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
 	netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Scheduling reset (reason %d)\n", reason);
 	schedule_work(&adapter->ibmvnic_reset);
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
 err:
+	/* ibmvnic_close() below can block, so drop the lock first */
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ret == ENOMEM)
+		ibmvnic_close(netdev);
+
 	return -ret;
 }
 
@@ -5378,7 +5380,18 @@ static int ibmvnic_remove(struct vio_dev *dev)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->state_lock, flags);
+
+	/* If ibmvnic_reset() is scheduling a reset, wait for it to
+	 * finish. Then, set the state to REMOVING to prevent it from
+	 * scheduling any more work and to have reset functions ignore
+	 * any resets that have already been scheduled. Drop the lock
+	 * after setting state, so __ibmvnic_reset() which is called
+	 * from the flush_work() below, can make progress.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
 	adapter->state = VNIC_REMOVING;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->rwi_lock, flags);
+
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->state_lock, flags);
 
 	flush_work(&adapter->ibmvnic_reset);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
index 21e7ea858cda31095e0386df91ffc146a6211865..b27211063c643e78efdf4f4f7dee8735294e5a58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.h
@@ -1080,6 +1080,7 @@ struct ibmvnic_adapter {
 	struct tasklet_struct tasklet;
 	enum vnic_state state;
 	enum ibmvnic_reset_reason reset_reason;
+	/* when taking both state and rwi locks, take state lock first */
 	spinlock_t rwi_lock;
 	struct list_head rwi_list;
 	struct work_struct ibmvnic_reset;
@@ -1096,6 +1097,8 @@ struct ibmvnic_adapter {
 	struct ibmvnic_tunables desired;
 	struct ibmvnic_tunables fallback;
 
-	/* Used for serializatin of state field */
+	/* Used for serialization of state field. When taking both state
+	 * and rwi locks, take state lock first.
+	 */
 	spinlock_t state_lock;
 };