diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
index d690d9cf7eb1..1ddedaf6ebbf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/host.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,9 @@ void isci_host_deinit(struct isci_host *ihost)
 
 	wait_for_stop(ihost);
 
+	/* No further IRQ-driven scheduling can happen past wait_for_stop(). */
+	tasklet_kill(&ihost->completion_tasklet);
+
 	/* phy stop is after controller stop to allow port and device to
 	 * go idle before shutting down the phys, but the expectation is
 	 * that i/o has been shut off well before we reach this