diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 497c38a..59b6544 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -2844,8 +2844,13 @@ static void ufshcd_slave_destroy(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 	hba = shost_priv(sdev->host);
 	scsi_deactivate_tcq(sdev, hba->nutrs);
 	/* Drop the reference as it won't be needed anymore */
-	if (ufshcd_scsi_to_upiu_lun(sdev->lun) == UFS_UPIU_UFS_DEVICE_WLUN)
+	if (ufshcd_scsi_to_upiu_lun(sdev->lun) == UFS_UPIU_UFS_DEVICE_WLUN) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 		hba->sdev_ufs_device = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -4062,6 +4067,8 @@ static void ufshcd_init_icc_levels(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 static int ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct scsi_device *sdev_rpmb;
+	struct scsi_device *sdev_boot;
 
 	hba->sdev_ufs_device = __scsi_add_device(hba->host, 0, 0,
 		ufshcd_upiu_wlun_to_scsi_wlun(UFS_UPIU_UFS_DEVICE_WLUN), NULL);
@@ -4070,26 +4077,27 @@ static int ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		hba->sdev_ufs_device = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	scsi_device_put(hba->sdev_ufs_device);
 
-	hba->sdev_boot = __scsi_add_device(hba->host, 0, 0,
+	sdev_boot = __scsi_add_device(hba->host, 0, 0,
 		ufshcd_upiu_wlun_to_scsi_wlun(UFS_UPIU_BOOT_WLUN), NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(hba->sdev_boot)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(hba->sdev_boot);
-		hba->sdev_boot = NULL;
+	if (IS_ERR(sdev_boot)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(sdev_boot);
 		goto remove_sdev_ufs_device;
 	}
+	scsi_device_put(sdev_boot);
 
-	hba->sdev_rpmb = __scsi_add_device(hba->host, 0, 0,
+	sdev_rpmb = __scsi_add_device(hba->host, 0, 0,
 		ufshcd_upiu_wlun_to_scsi_wlun(UFS_UPIU_RPMB_WLUN), NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(hba->sdev_rpmb)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(hba->sdev_rpmb);
-		hba->sdev_rpmb = NULL;
+	if (IS_ERR(sdev_rpmb)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(sdev_rpmb);
 		goto remove_sdev_boot;
 	}
+	scsi_device_put(sdev_rpmb);
 	goto out;
 
 remove_sdev_boot:
-	scsi_remove_device(hba->sdev_boot);
+	scsi_remove_device(sdev_boot);
 remove_sdev_ufs_device:
 	scsi_remove_device(hba->sdev_ufs_device);
 out:
@@ -4097,30 +4105,6 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * ufshcd_scsi_remove_wlus - Removes the W-LUs which were added by
- *			     ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus()
- * @hba: per-adapter instance
- *
- */
-static void ufshcd_scsi_remove_wlus(struct ufs_hba *hba)
-{
-	if (hba->sdev_ufs_device) {
-		scsi_remove_device(hba->sdev_ufs_device);
-		hba->sdev_ufs_device = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (hba->sdev_boot) {
-		scsi_remove_device(hba->sdev_boot);
-		hba->sdev_boot = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (hba->sdev_rpmb) {
-		scsi_remove_device(hba->sdev_rpmb);
-		hba->sdev_rpmb = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/**
  * ufshcd_probe_hba - probe hba to detect device and initialize
  * @hba: per-adapter instance
  *
@@ -4675,11 +4659,25 @@ static int ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 {
 	unsigned char cmd[6] = { START_STOP };
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
-	struct scsi_device *sdp = hba->sdev_ufs_device;
+	struct scsi_device *sdp;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!sdp || !scsi_device_online(sdp))
-		return -ENODEV;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+	sdp = hba->sdev_ufs_device;
+	if (sdp) {
+		ret = scsi_device_get(sdp);
+		if (!ret && !scsi_device_online(sdp)) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			scsi_device_put(sdp);
+		}
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * If scsi commands fail, the scsi mid-layer schedules scsi error-
@@ -4718,6 +4716,7 @@ static int ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(struct ufs_hba *hba,
 	if (!ret)
 		hba->curr_dev_pwr_mode = pwr_mode;
 out:
+	scsi_device_put(sdp);
 	hba->host->eh_noresume = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -5231,7 +5230,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ufshcd_shutdown);
 void ufshcd_remove(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 	scsi_remove_host(hba->host);
-	ufshcd_scsi_remove_wlus(hba);
 	/* disable interrupts */
 	ufshcd_disable_intr(hba, hba->intr_mask);
 	ufshcd_hba_stop(hba);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
index 58ecdff..4a574aa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ struct ufs_hba {
 	 * "UFS device" W-LU.
 	 */
 	struct scsi_device *sdev_ufs_device;
-	struct scsi_device *sdev_rpmb;
-	struct scsi_device *sdev_boot;
 
 	enum ufs_dev_pwr_mode curr_dev_pwr_mode;
 	enum uic_link_state uic_link_state;
