MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay_use, "seconds to delay before using a new device");
 
 
-/* These are used to make sure the module doesn't unload before all the
- * threads have exited.
- */
-static atomic_t total_threads = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-static DECLARE_COMPLETION(threads_gone);
-
-
 /*
  * The entries in this table correspond, line for line,
  * with the entries of us_unusual_dev_list[].
        usb_stor_stop_transport(us);
        wake_up(&us->delay_wait);
 
-       /* It doesn't matter if the SCSI-scanning thread is still running.
-        * The thread will exit when it sees the DISCONNECTING flag. */
-
        /* queuecommand won't accept any new commands and the control
         * thread won't execute a previously-queued command.  If there
         * is such a command pending, complete it with an error. */
                scsi_lock(host);
                us->srb->scsi_done(us->srb);
                us->srb = NULL;
+               complete(&us->notify);          /* in case of an abort */
                scsi_unlock(host);
        }
        mutex_unlock(&us->dev_mutex);
 
        /* Now we own no commands so it's safe to remove the SCSI host */
        scsi_remove_host(host);
+
+       /* Wait for the SCSI-scanning thread to stop */
+       wait_for_completion(&us->scanning_done);
 }
 
 /* Second stage of disconnect processing: deallocate all resources */
                /* Should we unbind if no devices were detected? */
        }
 
-       scsi_host_put(us_to_host(us));
        usb_autopm_put_interface(us->pusb_intf);
-       complete_and_exit(&threads_gone, 0);
+       complete_and_exit(&us->scanning_done, 0);
 }
 
 
        init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&(us->sema));
        init_completion(&(us->notify));
        init_waitqueue_head(&us->delay_wait);
+       init_completion(&us->scanning_done);
 
        /* Associate the us_data structure with the USB device */
        result = associate_dev(us, intf);
                goto BadDevice;
        }
 
-       /* Take a reference to the host for the scanning thread and
-        * count it among all the threads we have launched.  Then
-        * start it up. */
-       scsi_host_get(us_to_host(us));
-       atomic_inc(&total_threads);
        usb_autopm_get_interface(intf); /* dropped in the scanning thread */
        wake_up_process(th);
 
        US_DEBUGP("-- calling usb_deregister()\n");
        usb_deregister(&usb_storage_driver) ;
 
-       /* Don't return until all of our control and scanning threads
-        * have exited.  Since each thread signals threads_gone as its
-        * last act, we have to call wait_for_completion the right number
-        * of times.
-        */
-       while (atomic_read(&total_threads) > 0) {
-               wait_for_completion(&threads_gone);
-               atomic_dec(&total_threads);
-       }
-
        usb_usual_clear_present(USB_US_TYPE_STOR);
 }