static void ibmvfc_reinit_host(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
 {
        if (vhost->action == IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_NONE) {
-               scsi_block_requests(vhost->host);
-               ibmvfc_set_host_state(vhost, IBMVFC_INITIALIZING);
-               ibmvfc_set_host_action(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_QUERY);
+               if (!ibmvfc_set_host_state(vhost, IBMVFC_INITIALIZING)) {
+                       scsi_block_requests(vhost->host);
+                       ibmvfc_set_host_action(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_QUERY);
+               }
        } else
                vhost->reinit = 1;
 
 
        ENTER;
        ibmvfc_remove_trace_file(&vhost->host->shost_dev.kobj, &ibmvfc_trace_attr);
+       ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_HOST_OFFLINE);
+       ibmvfc_wait_while_resetting(vhost);
+       ibmvfc_release_crq_queue(vhost);
        kthread_stop(vhost->work_thread);
        fc_remove_host(vhost->host);
        scsi_remove_host(vhost->host);
-       ibmvfc_release_crq_queue(vhost);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
        ibmvfc_purge_requests(vhost, DID_ERROR);