diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 9df8a1a2299ccfce4a62efa98b5520de8a7e3f46..cddb3134816795612ab789895aad67d76daf7cef 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static int client_reserve = 1;
 static char partition_name[96] = "UNKNOWN";
 static unsigned int partition_number = -1;
 static LIST_HEAD(ibmvscsi_head);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
 
 static struct scsi_transport_template *ibmvscsi_transport_template;
 
@@ -2271,7 +2272,9 @@ static int ibmvscsi_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	}
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&vdev->dev, hostdata);
+	spin_lock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&hostdata->host_list, &ibmvscsi_head);
+	spin_unlock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
 	return 0;
 
       add_srp_port_failed:
@@ -2293,7 +2296,9 @@ static int ibmvscsi_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 static int ibmvscsi_remove(struct vio_dev *vdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata = dev_get_drvdata(&vdev->dev);
+	spin_lock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
 	list_del(&hostdata->host_list);
+	spin_unlock(&ibmvscsi_driver_lock);
 	unmap_persist_bufs(hostdata);
 	release_event_pool(&hostdata->pool, hostdata);
 	ibmvscsi_release_crq_queue(&hostdata->queue, hostdata,