destroy_workqueue(h->rescan_ctlr_wq);
        destroy_workqueue(h->resubmit_wq);
 
+       /*
+        * Call before disabling interrupts.
+        * scsi_remove_host can trigger I/O operations especially
+        * when multipath is enabled. There can be SYNCHRONIZE CACHE
+        * operations which cannot complete and will hang the system.
+        */
+       if (h->scsi_host)
+               scsi_remove_host(h->scsi_host);         /* init_one 8 */
        /* includes hpsa_free_irqs - init_one 4 */
        /* includes hpsa_disable_interrupt_mode - pci_init 2 */
        hpsa_shutdown(pdev);
 
        kfree(h->hba_inquiry_data);                     /* init_one 10 */
        h->hba_inquiry_data = NULL;                     /* init_one 10 */
-       if (h->scsi_host)
-               scsi_remove_host(h->scsi_host);         /* init_one 8 */
        hpsa_free_ioaccel2_sg_chain_blocks(h);
        hpsa_free_performant_mode(h);                   /* init_one 7 */
        hpsa_free_sg_chain_blocks(h);                   /* init_one 6 */