* any more commands.
         */
        US_DEBUGP("-- sending exit command to thread\n");
+       set_bit(US_FLIDX_DISCONNECTING, &us->flags);
        up(&us->sema);
 
        /* Call the destructor routine, if it exists */
        usb_set_intfdata(us->pusb_intf, NULL);
 }
 
+/* First stage of disconnect processing: stop all commands and remove
+ * the host */
+static void quiesce_and_remove_host(struct us_data *us)
+{
+       /* Prevent new USB transfers, stop the current command, and
+        * interrupt a SCSI-scan or device-reset delay */
+       set_bit(US_FLIDX_DISCONNECTING, &us->flags);
+       usb_stor_stop_transport(us);
+       wake_up(&us->delay_wait);
+
+       /* It doesn't matter if the SCSI-scanning thread is still running.
+        * The thread will exit when it sees the DISCONNECTING flag. */
+
+       /* Wait for the current command to finish, then remove the host */
+       down(&us->dev_semaphore);
+       up(&us->dev_semaphore);
+       scsi_remove_host(us_to_host(us));
+}
+
+/* Second stage of disconnect processing: deallocate all resources */
+static void release_everything(struct us_data *us)
+{
+       usb_stor_release_resources(us);
+       dissociate_dev(us);
+
+       /* Drop our reference to the host; the SCSI core will free it
+        * (and "us" along with it) when the refcount becomes 0. */
+       scsi_host_put(us_to_host(us));
+}
+
 /* Thread to carry out delayed SCSI-device scanning */
 static int usb_stor_scan_thread(void * __us)
 {
        if (result < 0) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING USB_STORAGE 
                       "Unable to start the device-scanning thread\n");
-               scsi_remove_host(host);
+               quiesce_and_remove_host(us);
                goto BadDevice;
        }
        atomic_inc(&total_threads);
        /* We come here if there are any problems */
 BadDevice:
        US_DEBUGP("storage_probe() failed\n");
-       set_bit(US_FLIDX_DISCONNECTING, &us->flags);
-       usb_stor_release_resources(us);
-       dissociate_dev(us);
-       scsi_host_put(host);
+       release_everything(us);
        return result;
 }
 
        struct us_data *us = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
 
        US_DEBUGP("storage_disconnect() called\n");
-
-       /* Prevent new USB transfers, stop the current command, and
-        * interrupt a SCSI-scan or device-reset delay */
-       set_bit(US_FLIDX_DISCONNECTING, &us->flags);
-       usb_stor_stop_transport(us);
-       wake_up(&us->delay_wait);
-
-       /* It doesn't matter if the SCSI-scanning thread is still running.
-        * The thread will exit when it sees the DISCONNECTING flag. */
-
-       /* Wait for the current command to finish, then remove the host */
-       down(&us->dev_semaphore);
-       up(&us->dev_semaphore);
-       scsi_remove_host(us_to_host(us));
-
-       /* Wait for everything to become idle and release all our resources */
-       usb_stor_release_resources(us);
-       dissociate_dev(us);
-
-       /* Drop our reference to the host; the SCSI core will free it
-        * (and "us" along with it) when the refcount becomes 0. */
-       scsi_host_put(us_to_host(us));
+       quiesce_and_remove_host(us);
+       release_everything(us);
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************