diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 150e49723c15af38167f3d6aa6a3ddb9a745ed4b..6a9dd68c0f4feb673e57ebbaba1bfe967832b1ba 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ static u32 nvme_passthru_start(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 	 * effects say only one namespace is affected.
 	 */
 	if (effects & (NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC | NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSE_MASK)) {
+		mutex_lock(&ctrl->scan_lock);
 		nvme_start_freeze(ctrl);
 		nvme_wait_freeze(ctrl);
 	}
@@ -1281,8 +1282,10 @@ static void nvme_passthru_end(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 effects)
 	 */
 	if (effects & NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC)
 		nvme_update_formats(ctrl);
-	if (effects & (NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC | NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSE_MASK))
+	if (effects & (NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_LBCC | NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSE_MASK)) {
 		nvme_unfreeze(ctrl);
+		mutex_unlock(&ctrl->scan_lock);
+	}
 	if (effects & NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CCC)
 		nvme_init_identify(ctrl);
 	if (effects & (NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_NIC | NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_NCC))
@@ -3401,6 +3404,7 @@ static void nvme_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (nvme_identify_ctrl(ctrl, &id))
 		return;
 
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->scan_lock);
 	nn = le32_to_cpu(id->nn);
 	if (ctrl->vs >= NVME_VS(1, 1, 0) &&
 	    !(ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_IDENTIFY_CNS)) {
@@ -3409,6 +3413,7 @@ static void nvme_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	nvme_scan_ns_sequential(ctrl, nn);
 out_free_id:
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->scan_lock);
 	kfree(id);
 	down_write(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 	list_sort(NULL, &ctrl->namespaces, ns_cmp);
@@ -3652,6 +3657,7 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct device *dev,
 
 	ctrl->state = NVME_CTRL_NEW;
 	spin_lock_init(&ctrl->lock);
+	mutex_init(&ctrl->scan_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->namespaces);
 	init_rwsem(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 	ctrl->dev = dev;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index ab961bdeea89ad5e3c6d2f0be0480ca23083bd7c..c4a1bb41abf0041e41e18a40db2dc4280be0aab4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	enum nvme_ctrl_state state;
 	bool identified;
 	spinlock_t lock;
+	struct mutex scan_lock;
 	const struct nvme_ctrl_ops *ops;
 	struct request_queue *admin_q;
 	struct request_queue *connect_q;