spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
        shost->host_busy--;
-       starget->target_busy--;
+       atomic_dec(&starget->target_busy);
        if (unlikely(scsi_host_in_recovery(shost) &&
                     (shost->host_failed || shost->host_eh_scheduled)))
                scsi_eh_wakeup(shost);
 static inline int scsi_target_is_busy(struct scsi_target *starget)
 {
        return ((starget->can_queue > 0 &&
-                starget->target_busy >= starget->can_queue) ||
+                atomic_read(&starget->target_busy) >= starget->can_queue) ||
                 starget->target_blocked);
 }
 
                                           struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
        struct scsi_target *starget = scsi_target(sdev);
-       int ret = 0;
+       unsigned int busy;
 
-       spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
        if (starget->single_lun) {
+               spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
                if (starget->starget_sdev_user &&
-                   starget->starget_sdev_user != sdev)
-                       goto out;
+                   starget->starget_sdev_user != sdev) {
+                       spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
+                       return 0;
+               }
                starget->starget_sdev_user = sdev;
+               spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
        }
 
-       if (starget->target_busy == 0 && starget->target_blocked) {
+       busy = atomic_inc_return(&starget->target_busy) - 1;
+       if (starget->target_blocked) {
+               if (busy)
+                       goto starved;
+
                /*
                 * unblock after target_blocked iterates to zero
                 */
-               if (--starget->target_blocked != 0)
-                       goto out;
+               spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
+               if (--starget->target_blocked != 0) {
+                       spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
+                       goto out_dec;
+               }
+               spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
 
                SCSI_LOG_MLQUEUE(3, starget_printk(KERN_INFO, starget,
                                 "unblocking target at zero depth\n"));
        }
 
-       if (scsi_target_is_busy(starget)) {
-               list_move_tail(&sdev->starved_entry, &shost->starved_list);
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (starget->can_queue > 0 && busy >= starget->can_queue)
+               goto starved;
 
-       scsi_target(sdev)->target_busy++;
-       ret = 1;
-out:
+       return 1;
+
+starved:
+       spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
+       list_move_tail(&sdev->starved_entry, &shost->starved_list);
        spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
-       return ret;
+out_dec:
+       atomic_dec(&starget->target_busy);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
        spin_unlock(sdev->request_queue->queue_lock);
        spin_lock(shost->host_lock);
        shost->host_busy++;
-       starget->target_busy++;
+       atomic_inc(&starget->target_busy);
        spin_unlock(shost->host_lock);
        spin_lock(sdev->request_queue->queue_lock);
 
        return;
 
  host_not_ready:
-       spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
-       scsi_target(sdev)->target_busy--;
-       spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
+       atomic_dec(&scsi_target(sdev)->target_busy);
  not_ready:
        /*
         * lock q, handle tag, requeue req, and decrement device_busy. We