diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
index 5782fea9a17a7d185170c9787ee006fe0c140518..0b347c1edc360d1dc0e55e9a7e2923e4dff9c186 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ struct netvsc_device {
 
 	atomic_t refcnt;
 	atomic_t num_outstanding_sends;
+	bool destroy;
 	/*
 	 * List of free preallocated hv_netvsc_packet to represent receive
 	 * packet
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
index 772210268787ce96e9dd1af01e7fb5511d32d6b7..8eb4039b5ff8571a51df1ae1bfdc541a9887c813 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static struct netvsc_device *alloc_net_device(struct hv_device *device)
 	/* Set to 2 to allow both inbound and outbound traffic */
 	atomic_set(&net_device->refcnt, 2);
 
+	net_device->destroy = false;
 	net_device->dev = device;
 	device->ext = net_device;
 
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ int netvsc_device_remove(struct hv_device *device)
 {
 	struct netvsc_device *net_device;
 	struct hv_netvsc_packet *netvsc_packet, *pos;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Stop outbound traffic ie sends and receives completions */
 	net_device = release_outbound_net_device(device);
@@ -404,6 +406,10 @@ int netvsc_device_remove(struct hv_device *device)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags);
+	net_device->destroy = true;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags);
+
 	/* Wait for all send completions */
 	while (atomic_read(&net_device->num_outstanding_sends)) {
 		dev_err(&device->device,