}
 
        ctrl->oncs = le16_to_cpup(&id->oncs);
-       ctrl->abort_limit = id->acl + 1;
+       atomic_set(&ctrl->abort_limit, id->acl + 1);
        ctrl->vwc = id->vwc;
        memcpy(ctrl->serial, id->sn, sizeof(id->sn));
        memcpy(ctrl->model, id->mn, sizeof(id->mn));
 
        blk_mq_free_request(req);
 
        dev_warn(nvmeq->q_dmadev, "Abort status:%x result:%x", status, result);
-       ++nvmeq->dev->ctrl.abort_limit;
+       atomic_inc(&nvmeq->dev->ctrl.abort_limit);
 }
 
 static void async_completion(struct nvme_queue *nvmeq, void *ctx,
                return BLK_EH_HANDLED;
        }
 
-       if (!dev->ctrl.abort_limit)
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dev->ctrl.abort_limit))
                return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 
        abort_req = blk_mq_alloc_request(dev->ctrl.admin_q, WRITE,
                        BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT);
-       if (IS_ERR(abort_req))
+       if (IS_ERR(abort_req)) {
+               atomic_inc(&dev->ctrl.abort_limit);
                return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
+       }
 
        abort_cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(abort_req);
        nvme_set_info(abort_cmd, abort_req, abort_completion);
        cmd.abort.sqid = cpu_to_le16(nvmeq->qid);
        cmd.abort.command_id = abort_req->tag;
 
-       --dev->ctrl.abort_limit;
        cmd_rq->aborted = 1;
 
        dev_warn(nvmeq->q_dmadev, "I/O %d QID %d timeout, aborting\n",