struct kref             ref;
        u32                     flags;
        u32                     iocnt;
+       wait_queue_head_t       ioabort_wait;
 
        struct nvme_fc_fcp_op   aen_ops[NVME_FC_NR_AEN_COMMANDS];
 
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
        if (unlikely(op->flags & FCOP_FLAGS_TERMIO)) {
-               if (ctrl->flags & FCCTRL_TERMIO)
-                       ctrl->iocnt--;
+               if (ctrl->flags & FCCTRL_TERMIO) {
+                       if (!--ctrl->iocnt)
+                               wake_up(&ctrl->ioabort_wait);
+               }
        }
        if (op->flags & FCOP_FLAGS_RELEASED)
                complete_rq = true;
 
        /* wait for all io that had to be aborted */
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
-       while (ctrl->iocnt) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);
-               msleep(1000);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
-       }
+       wait_event_lock_irq(ctrl->ioabort_wait, ctrl->iocnt == 0, ctrl->lock);
        ctrl->flags &= ~FCCTRL_TERMIO;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);