* @max_cqes:              CQ size
  * @num_ccell:             number of command cells per connection
  * @ofld_conns_active:     active connection list
+ * @eh_wait:               wait queue for the endpoint to shutdown
  * @max_active_conns:      max offload connections supported by this device
  * @cid_que:               iscsi cid queue
  * @ep_rdwr_lock:          read / write lock to synchronize various ep lists
  * @dummy_buffer:          Dummy buffer to be used with zero length scsicmd reqs
  * @dummy_buf_dma:         DMA address of 'dummy_buffer' memory buffer
  * @lock:                         lock to synchonize access to hba structure
+ * @hba_shutdown_tmo:      Timeout value to shutdown each connection
  * @pci_did:               PCI device ID
  * @pci_vid:               PCI vendor ID
  * @pci_sdid:              PCI subsystem device ID
 extern int bnx2i_map_ep_dbell_regs(struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep);
 extern void bnx2i_arm_cq_event_coalescing(struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep, u8 action);
 
+extern int bnx2i_hw_ep_disconnect(struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_ep);
+
 /* Debug related function prototypes */
 extern void bnx2i_print_pend_cmd_queue(struct bnx2i_conn *conn);
 extern void bnx2i_print_active_cmd_queue(struct bnx2i_conn *conn);
 
 void bnx2i_stop(void *handle)
 {
        struct bnx2i_hba *hba = handle;
+       struct list_head *pos, *tmp;
+       struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_ep;
+       int conns_active;
 
        /* check if cleanup happened in GOING_DOWN context */
        if (!test_and_clear_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_GOING_DOWN,
         *  control returns to network driver. So it is required to cleanup and
         * release all connection resources before returning from this routine.
         */
-       wait_event_interruptible_timeout(hba->eh_wait,
-                                        (hba->ofld_conns_active == 0),
-                                        hba->hba_shutdown_tmo);
+       while (hba->ofld_conns_active) {
+               conns_active = hba->ofld_conns_active;
+               wait_event_interruptible_timeout(hba->eh_wait,
+                               (hba->ofld_conns_active != conns_active),
+                               hba->hba_shutdown_tmo);
+               if (hba->ofld_conns_active == conns_active)
+                       break;
+       }
+       if (hba->ofld_conns_active) {
+               /* Stage to force the disconnection
+                * This is the case where the daemon is either slow or
+                * not present
+                */
+               printk(KERN_ALERT "bnx2i: Wait timeout, force all eps "
+                       "to disconnect (%d)\n", hba->ofld_conns_active);
+               mutex_lock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
+               list_for_each_safe(pos, tmp, &hba->ep_active_list) {
+                       bnx2i_ep = list_entry(pos, struct bnx2i_endpoint, link);
+                       /* Clean up the chip only */
+                       bnx2i_hw_ep_disconnect(bnx2i_ep);
+               }
+               mutex_unlock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
+               if (hba->ofld_conns_active)
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "bnx2i: EP disconnect timeout (%d)!\n",
+                               hba->ofld_conns_active);
+       }
+
        /* This flag should be cleared last so that ep_disconnect() gracefully
         * cleans up connection context
         */
 
        return ep;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * bnx2i_ep_active_list_add - add an entry to ep active list
  * @hba:       pointer to adapter instance
        mutex_init(&hba->net_dev_lock);
        init_waitqueue_head(&hba->eh_wait);
        if (test_bit(BNX2I_NX2_DEV_57710, &hba->cnic_dev_type))
-               hba->hba_shutdown_tmo = 240 * HZ;
+               hba->hba_shutdown_tmo = 20 * HZ;
        else    /* 5706/5708/5709 */
-               hba->hba_shutdown_tmo = 30 * HZ;
+               hba->hba_shutdown_tmo = 20 * HZ;
 
        if (iscsi_host_add(shost, &hba->pcidev->dev))
                goto free_dump_mem;
 
        if (!hba || test_bit(ADAPTER_STATE_GOING_DOWN, &hba->adapter_state)) {
                rc = -EINVAL;
-               goto check_busy;
+               goto nohba;
        }
 
        cnic = hba->cnic;
+       mutex_lock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
        ep = bnx2i_alloc_ep(hba);
        if (!ep) {
                rc = -ENOMEM;
        }
        bnx2i_ep = ep->dd_data;
 
-       mutex_lock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
        if (bnx2i_adapter_ready(hba)) {
                rc = -EPERM;
                goto net_if_down;
        bnx2i_free_qp_resc(hba, bnx2i_ep);
 qp_resc_err:
        bnx2i_free_ep(ep);
-       mutex_unlock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
 check_busy:
+       mutex_unlock(&hba->net_dev_lock);
+nohba:
        bnx2i_unreg_dev_all();
        return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }