static int hl_device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
        struct hl_fpriv *hpriv = filp->private_data;
+       struct hl_device *hdev = hpriv->hdev;
+
+       filp->private_data = NULL;
+
+       if (!hdev) {
+               pr_crit("Closing FD after device was removed. Memory leak will occur and it is advised to reboot.\n");
+               put_pid(hpriv->taskpid);
+               return 0;
+       }
 
        hl_cb_mgr_fini(hpriv->hdev, &hpriv->cb_mgr);
        hl_ctx_mgr_fini(hpriv->hdev, &hpriv->ctx_mgr);
 
-       filp->private_data = NULL;
-
        hl_hpriv_put(hpriv);
 
        return 0;
 static int hl_device_release_ctrl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
        struct hl_fpriv *hpriv = filp->private_data;
-       struct hl_device *hdev;
+       struct hl_device *hdev = hpriv->hdev;
 
        filp->private_data = NULL;
 
-       hdev = hpriv->hdev;
+       if (!hdev) {
+               pr_err("Closing FD after device was removed\n");
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        mutex_lock(&hdev->fpriv_list_lock);
        list_del(&hpriv->dev_node);
        mutex_unlock(&hdev->fpriv_list_lock);
-
+out:
        put_pid(hpriv->taskpid);
 
        kfree(hpriv);
 static int hl_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
        struct hl_fpriv *hpriv = filp->private_data;
+       struct hl_device *hdev = hpriv->hdev;
        unsigned long vm_pgoff;
 
+       if (!hdev) {
+               pr_err_ratelimited("Trying to mmap after device was removed! Please close FD\n");
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
        vm_pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff;
        vma->vm_pgoff = HL_MMAP_OFFSET_VALUE_GET(vm_pgoff);
 
        return -EBUSY;
 }
 
+static void device_disable_open_processes(struct hl_device *hdev)
+{
+       struct hl_fpriv *hpriv;
+
+       mutex_lock(&hdev->fpriv_list_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry(hpriv, &hdev->fpriv_list, dev_node)
+               hpriv->hdev = NULL;
+       mutex_unlock(&hdev->fpriv_list_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * hl_device_reset - reset the device
  *
                HL_PENDING_RESET_LONG_SEC);
 
        rc = device_kill_open_processes(hdev, HL_PENDING_RESET_LONG_SEC);
-       if (rc)
+       if (rc) {
                dev_crit(hdev->dev, "Failed to kill all open processes\n");
+               device_disable_open_processes(hdev);
+       }
 
        hl_cb_pool_fini(hdev);
 
 
  * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)    "habanalabs: " fmt
+
 #include <uapi/misc/habanalabs.h>
 #include "habanalabs.h"
 
        const struct hl_ioctl_desc *ioctl = NULL;
        unsigned int nr = _IOC_NR(cmd);
 
+       if (!hdev) {
+               pr_err_ratelimited("Sending ioctl after device was removed! Please close FD\n");
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
        if ((nr >= HL_COMMAND_START) && (nr < HL_COMMAND_END)) {
                ioctl = &hl_ioctls[nr];
        } else {
        const struct hl_ioctl_desc *ioctl = NULL;
        unsigned int nr = _IOC_NR(cmd);
 
+       if (!hdev) {
+               pr_err_ratelimited("Sending ioctl after device was removed! Please close FD\n");
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
        if (nr == _IOC_NR(HL_IOCTL_INFO)) {
                ioctl = &hl_ioctls_control[nr];
        } else {