rport->port_state = FC_PORTSTATE_NOTPRESENT;
        rport->flags &= ~FC_RPORT_FAST_FAIL_TIMEDOUT;
 
+       /*
+        * Pre-emptively kill I/O rather than waiting for the work queue
+        * item to teardown the starget. (FCOE libFC folks prefer this
+        * and to have the rport_port_id still set when it's done).
+        */
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
+       fc_terminate_rport_io(rport);
+
+       BUG_ON(rport->port_state != FC_PORTSTATE_NOTPRESENT);
+
        /* remove the identifiers that aren't used in the consisting binding */
        switch (fc_host->tgtid_bind_type) {
        case FC_TGTID_BIND_BY_WWPN:
         * went away and didn't come back - we'll remove
         * all attached scsi devices.
         */
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
-
-       scsi_target_unblock(&rport->dev);
        fc_queue_work(shost, &rport->stgt_delete_work);
 }