{
        bool kill = nvme_io_incapable(ns->dev) && !blk_queue_dying(ns->queue);
 
-       if (kill)
+       if (kill) {
                blk_set_queue_dying(ns->queue);
+
+               /*
+                * The controller was shutdown first if we got here through
+                * device removal. The shutdown may requeue outstanding
+                * requests. These need to be aborted immediately so
+                * del_gendisk doesn't block indefinitely for their completion.
+                */
+               blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(ns->queue);
+       }
        if (ns->disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
                del_gendisk(ns->disk);
        if (kill || !blk_queue_dying(ns->queue)) {
 {
        struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
 
+       if (nvme_io_incapable(dev)) {
+               /*
+                * If the device is not capable of IO (surprise hot-removal,
+                * for example), we need to quiesce prior to deleting the
+                * namespaces. This will end outstanding requests and prevent
+                * attempts to sync dirty data.
+                */
+               nvme_dev_shutdown(dev);
+       }
        list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &dev->namespaces, list)
                nvme_ns_remove(ns);
 }