* There is a small window after a bus reset within which the node
         * entry's generation is current but the reconnect wasn't completed.
         */
-       if (atomic_read(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset))
+       if (unlikely(atomic_read(&scsi_id->state) == SBP2LU_STATE_IN_RESET))
                return;
 
        if (hpsb_node_write(scsi_id->ne,
         * Now accept new SCSI commands, unless a bus reset happended during
         * hpsb_node_write.
         */
-       if (!atomic_read(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset))
+       if (likely(atomic_read(&scsi_id->state) != SBP2LU_STATE_IN_RESET))
                scsi_unblock_requests(scsi_id->scsi_host);
 }
 
                        sbp2scsi_complete_all_commands(scsi_id, DID_NO_CONNECT);
                /* scsi_remove_device() will trigger shutdown functions of SCSI
                 * highlevel drivers which would deadlock if blocked. */
-               atomic_set(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset, 0);
+               atomic_set(&scsi_id->state, SBP2LU_STATE_IN_SHUTDOWN);
                scsi_unblock_requests(scsi_id->scsi_host);
        }
        sdev = scsi_id->sdev;
        /* Accept new commands unless there was another bus reset in the
         * meantime. */
        if (hpsb_node_entry_valid(scsi_id->ne)) {
-               atomic_set(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset, 0);
+               atomic_set(&scsi_id->state, SBP2LU_STATE_RUNNING);
                scsi_unblock_requests(scsi_id->scsi_host);
        }
        return 0;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&scsi_id->sbp2_command_orb_completed);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&scsi_id->scsi_list);
        spin_lock_init(&scsi_id->sbp2_command_orb_lock);
-       atomic_set(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset, 0);
+       atomic_set(&scsi_id->state, SBP2LU_STATE_RUNNING);
        INIT_WORK(&scsi_id->protocol_work, NULL, NULL);
 
        ud->device.driver_data = scsi_id;
        struct scsi_id_instance_data *scsi_id;
 
        hi = hpsb_get_hostinfo(&sbp2_highlevel, host);
-
-       if (hi) {
-               list_for_each_entry(scsi_id, &hi->scsi_ids, scsi_list) {
-                       atomic_set(&scsi_id->unfinished_reset, 1);
+       if (!hi)
+               return;
+       list_for_each_entry(scsi_id, &hi->scsi_ids, scsi_list)
+               if (likely(atomic_read(&scsi_id->state) !=
+                          SBP2LU_STATE_IN_SHUTDOWN)) {
+                       atomic_set(&scsi_id->state, SBP2LU_STATE_IN_RESET);
                        scsi_block_requests(scsi_id->scsi_host);
                }
-       }
 }
 
 /*
 
        /* Device specific workarounds/brokeness */
        unsigned workarounds;
 
-       atomic_t unfinished_reset;
+       atomic_t state;
        struct work_struct protocol_work;
 };
 
+/* For use in scsi_id_instance_data.state */
+enum sbp2lu_state_types {
+       SBP2LU_STATE_RUNNING,           /* all normal */
+       SBP2LU_STATE_IN_RESET,          /* between bus reset and reconnect */
+       SBP2LU_STATE_IN_SHUTDOWN        /* when sbp2_remove was called */
+};
+
 /* Sbp2 host data structure (one per IEEE1394 host) */
 struct sbp2scsi_host_info {
        struct hpsb_host *host;         /* IEEE1394 host */