/* make sure all activity has settled down first */
 
-       if (atomic_read(&ch->references) > 0) {
+       if (atomic_read(&ch->references) > 0 ||
+                       ((ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT_MADE) &&
+                       !(ch->flags & XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT_MADE))) {
                return;
        }
        DBUG_ON(atomic_read(&ch->kthreads_assigned) != 0);
 
        /* both sides are disconnected now */
 
-       if (ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT) {
+       if (ch->flags & XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT_MADE) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, *irq_flags);
                xpc_disconnect_callout(ch, xpcDisconnected);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, *irq_flags);
                                "delivered=%d, partid=%d, channel=%d\n",
                                nmsgs_sent, ch->partid, ch->number);
 
-                       if (ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT) {
+                       if (ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT_MADE) {
                                xpc_activate_kthreads(ch, nmsgs_sent);
                        }
                }
 
                /* let registerer know that connection has been established */
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
-               if (!(ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT)) {
-                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT;
+               if (!(ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT)) {
+                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT;
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
 
                        xpc_connected_callout(ch);
 
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
+                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT_MADE;
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
+
                        /*
                         * It is possible that while the callout was being
                         * made that the remote partition sent some messages.
 
        if (atomic_dec_return(&ch->kthreads_assigned) == 0) {
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
-               if ((ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT) &&
-                               !(ch->flags & XPC_C_DISCONNECTCALLOUT)) {
-                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_DISCONNECTCALLOUT;
+               if ((ch->flags & XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT_MADE) &&
+                               !(ch->flags & XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT)) {
+                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT;
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
 
                        xpc_disconnect_callout(ch, xpcDisconnecting);
-               } else {
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
+
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
+                       ch->flags |= XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT_MADE;
                }
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ch->lock, irq_flags);
                if (atomic_dec_return(&part->nchannels_engaged) == 0) {
                        xpc_mark_partition_disengaged(part);
                        xpc_IPI_send_disengage(part);
 
 #define        XPC_C_OPENREQUEST       0x00000010 /* local open channel request */
 
 #define        XPC_C_SETUP             0x00000020 /* channel's msgqueues are alloc'd */
-#define        XPC_C_CONNECTCALLOUT    0x00000040 /* channel connected callout made */
-#define        XPC_C_CONNECTED         0x00000080 /* local channel is connected */
-#define        XPC_C_CONNECTING        0x00000100 /* channel is being connected */
-
-#define        XPC_C_RCLOSEREPLY       0x00000200 /* remote close channel reply */
-#define        XPC_C_CLOSEREPLY        0x00000400 /* local close channel reply */
-#define        XPC_C_RCLOSEREQUEST     0x00000800 /* remote close channel request */
-#define        XPC_C_CLOSEREQUEST      0x00001000 /* local close channel request */
-
-#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTED      0x00002000 /* channel is disconnected */
-#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTING     0x00004000 /* channel is being disconnected */
-#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTCALLOUT 0x00008000 /* chan disconnected callout made */
-#define        XPC_C_WDISCONNECT       0x00010000 /* waiting for channel disconnect */
+#define        XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT  0x00000040 /* connected callout initiated */
+#define        XPC_C_CONNECTEDCALLOUT_MADE \
+                               0x00000080 /* connected callout completed */
+#define        XPC_C_CONNECTED         0x00000100 /* local channel is connected */
+#define        XPC_C_CONNECTING        0x00000200 /* channel is being connected */
+
+#define        XPC_C_RCLOSEREPLY       0x00000400 /* remote close channel reply */
+#define        XPC_C_CLOSEREPLY        0x00000800 /* local close channel reply */
+#define        XPC_C_RCLOSEREQUEST     0x00001000 /* remote close channel request */
+#define        XPC_C_CLOSEREQUEST      0x00002000 /* local close channel request */
+
+#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTED      0x00004000 /* channel is disconnected */
+#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTING     0x00008000 /* channel is being disconnected */
+#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT \
+                               0x00010000 /* disconnecting callout initiated */
+#define        XPC_C_DISCONNECTINGCALLOUT_MADE \
+                               0x00020000 /* disconnecting callout completed */
+#define        XPC_C_WDISCONNECT       0x00040000 /* waiting for channel disconnect */