diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
index 3bc0c15d4d85b7f16e8ad10fa00847c17ee5dc7e..b83a373e3a8dd3ce3682aa5249236d9b234565c4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ static int guest_reset(struct cxl *adapter)
 	int i, rc;
 
 	pr_devel("Adapter reset request\n");
+	spin_lock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->slices; i++) {
 		if ((afu = adapter->afu[i])) {
 			pci_error_handlers(afu, CXL_ERROR_DETECTED_EVENT,
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ static int guest_reset(struct cxl *adapter)
 			pci_error_handlers(afu, CXL_RESUME_EVENT, 0);
 		}
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
index b66d832d3233b65369a10c843843600d7563529c..787a69a2a726fabc3f9ec83614660723c28057a7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/pci.c
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_vphb_error_detected(struct cxl_afu *afu,
 	/* There should only be one entry, but go through the list
 	 * anyway
 	 */
-	if (afu->phb == NULL)
+	if (afu == NULL || afu->phb == NULL)
 		return result;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(afu_dev, &afu->phb->bus->devices, bus_list) {
@@ -1834,7 +1834,8 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 {
 	struct cxl *adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct cxl_afu *afu;
-	pci_ers_result_t result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, afu_result;
+	pci_ers_result_t result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;
+	pci_ers_result_t afu_result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET;
 	int i;
 
 	/* At this point, we could still have an interrupt pending.
@@ -1845,6 +1846,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	/* If we're permanently dead, give up. */
 	if (state == pci_channel_io_perm_failure) {
+		spin_lock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < adapter->slices; i++) {
 			afu = adapter->afu[i];
 			/*
@@ -1853,6 +1855,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			 */
 			cxl_vphb_error_detected(afu, state);
 		}
+		spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 	}
 
@@ -1934,11 +1937,17 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 *     * In slot_reset, free the old resources and allocate new ones.
 	 *     * In resume, clear the flag to allow things to start.
 	 */
+
+	/* Make sure no one else changes the afu list */
+	spin_lock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->slices; i++) {
 		afu = adapter->afu[i];
 
-		afu_result = cxl_vphb_error_detected(afu, state);
+		if (afu == NULL)
+			continue;
 
+		afu_result = cxl_vphb_error_detected(afu, state);
 		cxl_context_detach_all(afu);
 		cxl_ops->afu_deactivate_mode(afu, afu->current_mode);
 		pci_deconfigure_afu(afu);
@@ -1950,6 +1959,7 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			 (result == PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET))
 			result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_NONE;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 
 	/* should take the context lock here */
 	if (cxl_adapter_context_lock(adapter) != 0)
@@ -1982,14 +1992,18 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 */
 	cxl_adapter_context_unlock(adapter);
 
+	spin_lock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->slices; i++) {
 		afu = adapter->afu[i];
 
+		if (afu == NULL)
+			continue;
+
 		if (pci_configure_afu(afu, adapter, pdev))
-			goto err;
+			goto err_unlock;
 
 		if (cxl_afu_select_best_mode(afu))
-			goto err;
+			goto err_unlock;
 
 		if (afu->phb == NULL)
 			continue;
@@ -2001,16 +2015,16 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			ctx = cxl_get_context(afu_dev);
 
 			if (ctx && cxl_release_context(ctx))
-				goto err;
+				goto err_unlock;
 
 			ctx = cxl_dev_context_init(afu_dev);
 			if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-				goto err;
+				goto err_unlock;
 
 			afu_dev->dev.archdata.cxl_ctx = ctx;
 
 			if (cxl_ops->afu_check_and_enable(afu))
-				goto err;
+				goto err_unlock;
 
 			afu_dev->error_state = pci_channel_io_normal;
 
@@ -2031,8 +2045,13 @@ static pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 				result = PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 		}
 	}
+
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 	return result;
 
+err_unlock:
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
+
 err:
 	/* All the bits that happen in both error_detected and cxl_remove
 	 * should be idempotent, so we don't need to worry about leaving a mix
@@ -2053,10 +2072,11 @@ static void cxl_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	 * This is not the place to be checking if everything came back up
 	 * properly, because there's no return value: do that in slot_reset.
 	 */
+	spin_lock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->slices; i++) {
 		afu = adapter->afu[i];
 
-		if (afu->phb == NULL)
+		if (afu == NULL || afu->phb == NULL)
 			continue;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(afu_dev, &afu->phb->bus->devices, bus_list) {
@@ -2065,6 +2085,7 @@ static void cxl_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 				afu_dev->driver->err_handler->resume(afu_dev);
 		}
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&adapter->afu_list_lock);
 }
 
 static const struct pci_error_handlers cxl_err_handler = {