diff --git a/net/rds/cong.c b/net/rds/cong.c
index 8398fee..8d19fd2 100644
--- a/net/rds/cong.c
+++ b/net/rds/cong.c
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ void rds_cong_queue_updates(struct rds_cong_map *map)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_cong_lock, flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(conn, &map->m_conn_list, c_map_item) {
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &conn->c_map_queued)) {
+		struct rds_conn_path *cp = &conn->c_path[0];
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &conn->c_map_queued) &&
+		    !test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags)) {
 			rds_stats_inc(s_cong_update_queued);
 			/* We cannot inline the call to rds_send_xmit() here
 			 * for two reasons (both pertaining to a TCP transport):
@@ -235,9 +239,9 @@ void rds_cong_queue_updates(struct rds_cong_map *map)
 			 *    therefore trigger warnings.
 			 * Defer the xmit to rds_send_worker() instead.
 			 */
-			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq,
-					   &conn->c_path[0].cp_send_w, 0);
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 0);
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_cong_lock, flags);
diff --git a/net/rds/connection.c b/net/rds/connection.c
index 1eed197e..b10c0ef 100644
--- a/net/rds/connection.c
+++ b/net/rds/connection.c
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ void rds_conn_shutdown(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 	 * to the conn hash, so we never trigger a reconnect on this
 	 * conn - the reconnect is always triggered by the active peer. */
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cp->cp_conn_w);
-	if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
-		return;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&conn->c_hash_node)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -390,6 +388,7 @@ static void rds_conn_path_destroy(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 		return;
 
 	/* make sure lingering queued work won't try to ref the conn */
+	synchronize_rcu();
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cp->cp_send_w);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cp->cp_recv_w);
 
@@ -407,6 +406,11 @@ static void rds_conn_path_destroy(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 	if (cp->cp_xmit_rm)
 		rds_message_put(cp->cp_xmit_rm);
 
+	WARN_ON(delayed_work_pending(&cp->cp_send_w));
+	WARN_ON(delayed_work_pending(&cp->cp_recv_w));
+	WARN_ON(delayed_work_pending(&cp->cp_conn_w));
+	WARN_ON(work_pending(&cp->cp_down_w));
+
 	cp->cp_conn->c_trans->conn_free(cp->cp_transport_data);
 }
 
@@ -686,10 +690,13 @@ void rds_conn_path_drop(struct rds_conn_path *cp, bool destroy)
 {
 	atomic_set(&cp->cp_state, RDS_CONN_ERROR);
 
-	if (!destroy && test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!destroy && test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
-
+	}
 	queue_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_down_w);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_conn_path_drop);
 
@@ -706,9 +713,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_conn_drop);
  */
 void rds_conn_path_connect_if_down(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 {
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		return;
+	}
 	if (rds_conn_path_state(cp) == RDS_CONN_DOWN &&
 	    !test_and_set_bit(RDS_RECONNECT_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
 		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_conn_w, 0);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_conn_path_connect_if_down);
 
diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index f72466c..d3e32d1 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ int rds_send_xmit(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags)) {
+		release_in_xmit(cp);
+		ret = -ENETUNREACH; /* dont requeue send work */
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * we record the send generation after doing the xmit acquire.
 	 * if someone else manages to jump in and do some work, we'll use
@@ -437,7 +443,12 @@ int rds_send_xmit(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 		    !list_empty(&cp->cp_send_queue)) && !raced) {
 			if (batch_count < send_batch_count)
 				goto restart;
-			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 1);
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+				ret = -ENETUNREACH;
+			else
+				queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 1);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 		} else if (raced) {
 			rds_stats_inc(s_send_lock_queue_raced);
 		}
@@ -1151,6 +1162,11 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 	else
 		cpath = &conn->c_path[0];
 
+	if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cpath->cp_flags)) {
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	rds_conn_path_connect_if_down(cpath);
 
 	ret = rds_cong_wait(conn->c_fcong, dport, nonblock, rs);
@@ -1190,9 +1206,17 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 	rds_stats_inc(s_send_queued);
 
 	ret = rds_send_xmit(cpath);
-	if (ret == -ENOMEM || ret == -EAGAIN)
-		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cpath->cp_send_w, 1);
-
+	if (ret == -ENOMEM || ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		ret = 0;
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cpath->cp_flags))
+			ret = -ENETUNREACH;
+		else
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cpath->cp_send_w, 1);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 	rds_message_put(rm);
 	return payload_len;
 
@@ -1270,7 +1294,10 @@ rds_send_probe(struct rds_conn_path *cp, __be16 sport,
 	rds_stats_inc(s_send_pong);
 
 	/* schedule the send work on rds_wq */
-	queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 1);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 1);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	rds_message_put(rm);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_recv.c b/net/rds/tcp_recv.c
index e006ef8..dd707b9 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_recv.c
@@ -321,8 +321,12 @@ void rds_tcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
 	ready = tc->t_orig_data_ready;
 	rds_tcp_stats_inc(s_tcp_data_ready_calls);
 
-	if (rds_tcp_read_sock(cp, GFP_ATOMIC) == -ENOMEM)
-		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_recv_w, 0);
+	if (rds_tcp_read_sock(cp, GFP_ATOMIC) == -ENOMEM) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (!test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_recv_w, 0);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
 out:
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	ready(sk);
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_send.c b/net/rds/tcp_send.c
index dc860d1..73c7476 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_send.c
@@ -202,8 +202,11 @@ void rds_tcp_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 	tc->t_last_seen_una = rds_tcp_snd_una(tc);
 	rds_send_path_drop_acked(cp, rds_tcp_snd_una(tc), rds_tcp_is_acked);
 
-	if ((refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) << 1) <= sk->sk_sndbuf)
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if ((refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) << 1) <= sk->sk_sndbuf &&
+	    !test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
 		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 0);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 out:
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
diff --git a/net/rds/threads.c b/net/rds/threads.c
index f121daa..eb76db1 100644
--- a/net/rds/threads.c
+++ b/net/rds/threads.c
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ void rds_connect_path_complete(struct rds_conn_path *cp, int curr)
 
 	cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies = 0;
 	set_bit(0, &cp->cp_conn->c_map_queued);
-	queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 0);
-	queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_recv_w, 0);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags)) {
+		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_send_w, 0);
+		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_recv_w, 0);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_connect_path_complete);
 
@@ -133,7 +137,10 @@ void rds_queue_reconnect(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 	set_bit(RDS_RECONNECT_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags);
 	if (cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies == 0) {
 		cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies = rds_sysctl_reconnect_min_jiffies;
-		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_conn_w, 0);
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		if (!test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_conn_w, 0);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -141,8 +148,11 @@ void rds_queue_reconnect(struct rds_conn_path *cp)
 	rdsdebug("%lu delay %lu ceil conn %p for %pI4 -> %pI4\n",
 		 rand % cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies, cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies,
 		 conn, &conn->c_laddr, &conn->c_faddr);
-	queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_conn_w,
-			   rand % cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!test_bit(RDS_DESTROY_PENDING, &cp->cp_flags))
+		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &cp->cp_conn_w,
+				   rand % cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies = min(cp->cp_reconnect_jiffies * 2,
 					rds_sysctl_reconnect_max_jiffies);