diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 26bf3b153595..9857dba09c95 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ void scsi_remove_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
 	scsi_proc_host_rm(shost);
 
+	/*
+	 * New SCSI devices cannot be attached anymore because of the SCSI host
+	 * state so drop the tag set refcnt. Wait until the tag set refcnt drops
+	 * to zero because .exit_cmd_priv implementations may need the host
+	 * pointer.
+	 */
+	kref_put(&shost->tagset_refcnt, scsi_mq_free_tags);
+	wait_for_completion(&shost->tagset_freed);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
 	if (scsi_host_set_state(shost, SHOST_DEL))
 		BUG_ON(scsi_host_set_state(shost, SHOST_DEL_RECOVERY));
@@ -245,6 +254,9 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev,
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
+	kref_init(&shost->tagset_refcnt);
+	init_completion(&shost->tagset_freed);
+
 	/*
 	 * Increase usage count temporarily here so that calling
 	 * scsi_autopm_put_host() will trigger runtime idle if there is
@@ -317,6 +329,7 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev,
 	pm_runtime_disable(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	pm_runtime_set_suspended(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&shost->shost_gendev);
+	kref_put(&shost->tagset_refcnt, scsi_mq_free_tags);
  fail:
 	return error;
 }
@@ -350,9 +363,6 @@ static void scsi_host_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 		kfree(dev_name(&shost->shost_dev));
 	}
 
-	if (shost->tag_set.tags)
-		scsi_mq_destroy_tags(shost);
-
 	kfree(shost->shost_data);
 
 	ida_free(&host_index_ida, shost->host_no);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 4dbd29ab1dcc..1f30e0c54e55 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1976,9 +1976,13 @@ int scsi_mq_setup_tags(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	return blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(tag_set);
 }
 
-void scsi_mq_destroy_tags(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
+void scsi_mq_free_tags(struct kref *kref)
 {
+	struct Scsi_Host *shost = container_of(kref, typeof(*shost),
+					       tagset_refcnt);
+
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&shost->tag_set);
+	complete(&shost->tagset_freed);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
index 429663bd78ec..f385b3f04d6e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ extern void scsi_run_host_queues(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
 extern void scsi_requeue_run_queue(struct work_struct *work);
 extern void scsi_start_queue(struct scsi_device *sdev);
 extern int scsi_mq_setup_tags(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
-extern void scsi_mq_destroy_tags(struct Scsi_Host *shost);
+extern void scsi_mq_free_tags(struct kref *kref);
 extern void scsi_exit_queue(void);
 extern void scsi_evt_thread(struct work_struct *work);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 91ac901a6682..5d27f5196de6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sdev(struct scsi_target *starget,
 		kfree(sdev);
 		goto out;
 	}
+	kref_get(&sdev->host->tagset_refcnt);
 	sdev->request_queue = q;
 	q->queuedata = sdev;
 	__scsi_init_queue(sdev->host, q);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index aa70d9282161..5d61f58399dc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	mutex_unlock(&sdev->state_mutex);
 
 	blk_mq_destroy_queue(sdev->request_queue);
+	kref_put(&sdev->host->tagset_refcnt, scsi_mq_free_tags);
 	cancel_work_sync(&sdev->requeue_work);
 
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy)
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index b6e41ee3d566..9b0a028bf053 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
 	struct scsi_host_template *hostt;
 	struct scsi_transport_template *transportt;
 
+	struct kref		tagset_refcnt;
+	struct completion	tagset_freed;
 	/* Area to keep a shared tag map */
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set	tag_set;
 
