diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 251db30..3ffa34d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1415,11 +1415,6 @@ static void sd_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 			scsi_set_medium_removal(sdev, SCSI_REMOVAL_ALLOW);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX and what if there are packets in flight and this close()
-	 * XXX is followed by a "rmmod sd_mod"?
-	 */
-
 	scsi_disk_put(sdkp);
 }
 
@@ -3505,9 +3500,21 @@ static void scsi_disk_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = to_scsi_disk(dev);
 	struct gendisk *disk = sdkp->disk;
-	
+	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
+
 	ida_free(&sd_index_ida, sdkp->index);
 
+	/*
+	 * Wait until all requests that are in progress have completed.
+	 * This is necessary to avoid that e.g. scsi_end_request() crashes
+	 * due to clearing the disk->private_data pointer. Wait from inside
+	 * scsi_disk_release() instead of from sd_release() to avoid that
+	 * freezing and unfreezing the request queue affects user space I/O
+	 * in case multiple processes open a /dev/sd... node concurrently.
+	 */
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
+
 	disk->private_data = NULL;
 	put_disk(disk);
 	put_device(&sdkp->device->sdev_gendev);