diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
index 7bd5c36e0988..8cdbbb35b4f4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
@@ -1517,11 +1517,17 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkscale_enable_store(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	u32 value;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (kstrtou32(buf, 0, &value))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	down(&hba->host_sem);
+	if (!ufshcd_is_user_access_allowed(hba)) {
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	value = !!value;
 	if (value == hba->clk_scaling.is_allowed)
 		goto out;
@@ -1547,7 +1553,8 @@ static ssize_t ufshcd_clkscale_enable_store(struct device *dev,
 	ufshcd_release(hba);
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(hba->dev);
 out:
-	return count;
+	up(&hba->host_sem);
+	return err ? err : count;
 }
 
 static void ufshcd_clkscaling_init_sysfs(struct ufs_hba *hba)
@@ -5758,9 +5765,10 @@ static void ufshcd_err_handling_unprepare(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 
 static inline bool ufshcd_err_handling_should_stop(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
-	return (!hba->is_powered || hba->ufshcd_state == UFSHCD_STATE_ERROR ||
+	return (!hba->is_powered || hba->shutting_down ||
+		hba->ufshcd_state == UFSHCD_STATE_ERROR ||
 		(!(hba->saved_err || hba->saved_uic_err || hba->force_reset ||
-			ufshcd_is_link_broken(hba))));
+		   ufshcd_is_link_broken(hba))));
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
@@ -5830,13 +5838,13 @@ static void ufshcd_err_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	hba = container_of(work, struct ufs_hba, eh_work);
 
-	down(&hba->eh_sem);
+	down(&hba->host_sem);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 	if (ufshcd_err_handling_should_stop(hba)) {
 		if (hba->ufshcd_state != UFSHCD_STATE_ERROR)
 			hba->ufshcd_state = UFSHCD_STATE_OPERATIONAL;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
-		up(&hba->eh_sem);
+		up(&hba->host_sem);
 		return;
 	}
 	ufshcd_set_eh_in_progress(hba);
@@ -6005,7 +6013,7 @@ static void ufshcd_err_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(hba->host->host_lock, flags);
 	ufshcd_scsi_unblock_requests(hba);
 	ufshcd_err_handling_unprepare(hba);
-	up(&hba->eh_sem);
+	up(&hba->host_sem);
 
 	if (!err && needs_reset)
 		ufshcd_clear_ua_wluns(hba);
@@ -7897,10 +7905,10 @@ static void ufshcd_async_scan(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	struct ufs_hba *hba = (struct ufs_hba *)data;
 	int ret;
 
-	down(&hba->eh_sem);
+	down(&hba->host_sem);
 	/* Initialize hba, detect and initialize UFS device */
 	ret = ufshcd_probe_hba(hba, true);
-	up(&hba->eh_sem);
+	up(&hba->host_sem);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -8914,7 +8922,7 @@ int ufshcd_system_suspend(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	down(&hba->eh_sem);
+	down(&hba->host_sem);
 
 	if (!hba->is_powered)
 		return 0;
@@ -8951,7 +8959,7 @@ int ufshcd_system_suspend(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	if (!ret)
 		hba->is_sys_suspended = true;
 	else
-		up(&hba->eh_sem);
+		up(&hba->host_sem);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ufshcd_system_suspend);
@@ -8973,7 +8981,7 @@ int ufshcd_system_resume(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 
 	if (unlikely(early_suspend)) {
 		early_suspend = false;
-		down(&hba->eh_sem);
+		down(&hba->host_sem);
 	}
 
 	if (!hba->is_powered || pm_runtime_suspended(hba->dev))
@@ -8990,7 +8998,7 @@ int ufshcd_system_resume(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 		hba->curr_dev_pwr_mode, hba->uic_link_state);
 	if (!ret)
 		hba->is_sys_suspended = false;
-	up(&hba->eh_sem);
+	up(&hba->host_sem);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ufshcd_system_resume);
@@ -9082,7 +9090,10 @@ int ufshcd_shutdown(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	down(&hba->eh_sem);
+	down(&hba->host_sem);
+	hba->shutting_down = true;
+	up(&hba->host_sem);
+
 	if (!hba->is_powered)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -9096,7 +9107,6 @@ int ufshcd_shutdown(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	if (ret)
 		dev_err(hba->dev, "%s failed, err %d\n", __func__, ret);
 	hba->is_powered = false;
-	up(&hba->eh_sem);
 	/* allow force shutdown even in case of errors */
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -9292,7 +9302,7 @@ int ufshcd_init(struct ufs_hba *hba, void __iomem *mmio_base, unsigned int irq)
 	INIT_WORK(&hba->eh_work, ufshcd_err_handler);
 	INIT_WORK(&hba->eeh_work, ufshcd_exception_event_handler);
 
-	sema_init(&hba->eh_sem, 1);
+	sema_init(&hba->host_sem, 1);
 
 	/* Initialize UIC command mutex */
 	mutex_init(&hba->uic_cmd_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
index 2a7f0814c919..a3bbea16ae91 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.h
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ struct ufs_hba_variant_params {
  * @intr_mask: Interrupt Mask Bits
  * @ee_ctrl_mask: Exception event control mask
  * @is_powered: flag to check if HBA is powered
+ * @shutting_down: flag to check if shutdown has been invoked
+ * @host_sem: semaphore used to serialize concurrent contexts
  * @eh_wq: Workqueue that eh_work works on
  * @eh_work: Worker to handle UFS errors that require s/w attention
  * @eeh_work: Worker to handle exception events
@@ -772,7 +774,8 @@ struct ufs_hba {
 	u32 intr_mask;
 	u16 ee_ctrl_mask;
 	bool is_powered;
-	struct semaphore eh_sem;
+	bool shutting_down;
+	struct semaphore host_sem;
 
 	/* Work Queues */
 	struct workqueue_struct *eh_wq;
@@ -899,6 +902,11 @@ static inline bool ufshcd_is_wb_allowed(struct ufs_hba *hba)
 	return hba->caps & UFSHCD_CAP_WB_EN;
 }
 
+static inline bool ufshcd_is_user_access_allowed(struct ufs_hba *hba)
+{
+	return !hba->shutting_down;
+}
+
 #define ufshcd_writel(hba, val, reg)	\
 	writel((val), (hba)->mmio_base + (reg))
 #define ufshcd_readl(hba, reg)	\