* @job:       fc_bsg_job that is to be torn down
  */
 static void
-fc_destroy_bsgjob(struct fc_bsg_job *job)
+fc_destroy_bsgjob(struct kref *kref)
 {
-       unsigned long flags;
+       struct fc_bsg_job *job = container_of(kref, struct fc_bsg_job, kref);
+       struct request *rq = job->req;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&job->job_lock, flags);
-       if (job->ref_cnt) {
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&job->job_lock, flags);
-               return;
-       }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&job->job_lock, flags);
+       blk_end_request_all(rq, rq->errors);
 
        put_device(job->dev);   /* release reference for the request */
 
 static void fc_bsg_softirq_done(struct request *rq)
 {
        struct fc_bsg_job *job = rq->special;
-       unsigned long flags;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&job->job_lock, flags);
-       job->state_flags |= FC_RQST_STATE_DONE;
-       job->ref_cnt--;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&job->job_lock, flags);
-
-       blk_end_request_all(rq, rq->errors);
-       fc_destroy_bsgjob(job);
+       kref_put(&job->kref, fc_destroy_bsgjob);
 }
 
 /**
        struct Scsi_Host *shost = fc_bsg_to_shost(job);
        struct fc_rport *rport = fc_bsg_to_rport(job);
        struct fc_internal *i = to_fc_internal(shost->transportt);
-       unsigned long flags;
-       int err = 0, done = 0;
+       int err = 0, inflight = 0;
 
        if (rport && rport->port_state == FC_PORTSTATE_BLOCKED)
                return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&job->job_lock, flags);
-       if (job->state_flags & FC_RQST_STATE_DONE)
-               done = 1;
-       else
-               job->ref_cnt++;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&job->job_lock, flags);
+       inflight = kref_get_unless_zero(&job->kref);
 
-       if (!done && i->f->bsg_timeout) {
+       if (inflight && i->f->bsg_timeout) {
                /* call LLDD to abort the i/o as it has timed out */
                err = i->f->bsg_timeout(job);
                if (err == -EAGAIN) {
-                       job->ref_cnt--;
+                       kref_put(&job->kref, fc_destroy_bsgjob);
                        return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
                } else if (err)
                        printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR: FC BSG request timeout - LLD "
        }
 
        /* the blk_end_sync_io() doesn't check the error */
-       if (done)
+       if (!inflight)
                return BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
        else
                return BLK_EH_HANDLED;
        job->req = req;
        if (i->f->dd_bsg_size)
                job->dd_data = (void *)&job[1];
-       spin_lock_init(&job->job_lock);
        job->request = (struct fc_bsg_request *)req->cmd;
        job->request_len = req->cmd_len;
        job->reply = req->sense;
                job->dev = &shost->shost_gendev;
        get_device(job->dev);           /* take a reference for the request */
 
-       job->ref_cnt = 1;
+       kref_init(&job->kref);
 
        return 0;