ibmvfc_dbg(vhost, "Releasing CRQ\n");
        free_irq(vdev->irq, vhost);
+       tasklet_kill(&vhost->tasklet);
        do {
                rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_FREE_CRQ, vdev->unit_address);
        } while (rc == H_BUSY || H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc));
 static irqreturn_t ibmvfc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_instance)
 {
        struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = (struct ibmvfc_host *)dev_instance;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+       vio_disable_interrupts(to_vio_dev(vhost->dev));
+       tasklet_schedule(&vhost->tasklet);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
+       return IRQ_HANDLED;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ibmvfc_tasklet - Interrupt handler tasklet
+ * @data:              ibmvfc host struct
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *     Nothing
+ **/
+static void ibmvfc_tasklet(void *data)
+{
+       struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = data;
        struct vio_dev *vdev = to_vio_dev(vhost->dev);
        struct ibmvfc_crq *crq;
        struct ibmvfc_async_crq *async;
        int done = 0;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
-       vio_disable_interrupts(to_vio_dev(vhost->dev));
        while (!done) {
                /* Pull all the valid messages off the CRQ */
                while ((crq = ibmvfc_next_crq(vhost)) != NULL) {
        }
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
-       return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 /**
 
        retrc = 0;
 
+       tasklet_init(&vhost->tasklet, (void *)ibmvfc_tasklet, (unsigned long)vhost);
+
        if ((rc = request_irq(vdev->irq, ibmvfc_interrupt, 0, IBMVFC_NAME, vhost))) {
                dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register irq 0x%x. rc=%d\n", vdev->irq, rc);
                goto req_irq_failed;
        return retrc;
 
 req_irq_failed:
+       tasklet_kill(&vhost->tasklet);
        do {
                rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_FREE_CRQ, vdev->unit_address);
        } while (rc == H_BUSY || H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc));