call->async_workfn(call);
 }
 
+static int afs_wait_atomic_t(atomic_t *p)
+{
+       schedule();
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * open an RxRPC socket and bind it to be a server for callback notifications
  * - the socket is left in blocking mode and non-blocking ops use MSG_DONTWAIT
 {
        _enter("");
 
+       wait_on_atomic_t(&afs_outstanding_calls, afs_wait_atomic_t,
+                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+       _debug("no outstanding calls");
+
        sock_release(afs_socket);
 
        _debug("dework");
        destroy_workqueue(afs_async_calls);
 
        ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&afs_outstanding_skbs), ==, 0);
-       ASSERTCMP(atomic_read(&afs_outstanding_calls), ==, 0);
        _leave("");
 }
 
 {
        _debug("DONE %p{%s} [%d]",
               call, call->type->name, atomic_read(&afs_outstanding_calls));
-       if (atomic_dec_return(&afs_outstanding_calls) == -1)
-               BUG();
 
        ASSERTCMP(call->rxcall, ==, NULL);
        ASSERT(!work_pending(&call->async_work));
 
        kfree(call->request);
        kfree(call);
+
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&afs_outstanding_calls))
+               wake_up_atomic_t(&afs_outstanding_calls);
 }
 
 /*