* to the conn hash, so we never trigger a reconnect on this
         * conn - the reconnect is always triggered by the active peer. */
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cp->cp_conn_w);
-       if (conn->c_destroy_in_prog)
+       if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
                return;
        rcu_read_lock();
        if (!hlist_unhashed(&conn->c_hash_node)) {
 {
        struct rds_message *rm, *rtmp;
 
+       set_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags);
+
        if (!cp->cp_transport_data)
                return;
 
                 "%pI4\n", conn, &conn->c_laddr,
                 &conn->c_faddr);
 
-       conn->c_destroy_in_prog = 1;
        /* Ensure conn will not be scheduled for reconnect */
        spin_lock_irq(&rds_conn_lock);
        hlist_del_init_rcu(&conn->c_hash_node);
 {
        atomic_set(&cp->cp_state, RDS_CONN_ERROR);
 
-       if (!destroy && cp->cp_conn->c_destroy_in_prog)
+       if (!destroy && test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
                return;
 
        queue_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_down_w);
 
 #define RDS_RECONNECT_PENDING  1
 #define RDS_IN_XMIT            2
 #define RDS_RECV_REFILL                3
+#define        RDS_DESTROY_PENDING     4
 
 /* Max number of multipaths per RDS connection. Must be a power of 2 */
 #define        RDS_MPATH_WORKERS       8
        __be32                  c_faddr;
        unsigned int            c_loopback:1,
                                c_ping_triggered:1,
-                               c_destroy_in_prog:1,
-                               c_pad_to_32:29;
+                               c_pad_to_32:30;
        int                     c_npaths;
        struct rds_connection   *c_passive;
        struct rds_transport    *c_trans;
 
                 cp->cp_conn, tc, sock);
 
        if (sock) {
-               if (cp->cp_conn->c_destroy_in_prog)
+               if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
                        rds_tcp_set_linger(sock);
                sock->ops->shutdown(sock, RCV_SHUTDOWN | SEND_SHUTDOWN);
                lock_sock(sock->sk);