priv->rts_state = 0;
        priv->dtr_state = 0;
 
-       airprime_send_setup(port);
+       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
+       if (!port->serial->disconnected)
+               airprime_send_setup(port);
+       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
 
        for (i = 0; i < NUM_READ_URBS; ++i) {
                usb_kill_urb (priv->read_urbp[i]);
 
        usb_kill_urb(port->write_urb);
        usb_kill_urb(port->read_urb);
 
-       cp2101_set_config_single(port, CP2101_UART, UART_DISABLE);
+       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
+       if (!port->serial->disconnected)
+               cp2101_set_config_single(port, CP2101_UART, UART_DISABLE);
+       mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
 }
 
 /*
 
 
        dbg("%s", __FUNCTION__);
 
-       if (c_cflag & HUPCL){
+       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
+       if (c_cflag & HUPCL && !port->serial->disconnected){
                /* Disable flow control */
                if (usb_control_msg(port->serial->dev,
                                    usb_sndctrlpipe(port->serial->dev, 0),
                /* drop RTS and DTR */
                clear_mctrl(port, TIOCM_DTR | TIOCM_RTS);
        } /* Note change no line if hupcl is off */
+       mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
 
        /* cancel any scheduled reading */
        cancel_delayed_work(&priv->rx_work);
 
        if (!serial)
                return;
 
-       garmin_clear(garmin_data_p);
+       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
+       if (!port->serial->disconnected)
+               garmin_clear(garmin_data_p);
 
        /* shutdown our urbs */
        usb_kill_urb (port->read_urb);
        usb_kill_urb (port->write_urb);
 
-       if (noResponseFromAppLayer(garmin_data_p) ||
-           ((garmin_data_p->flags & CLEAR_HALT_REQUIRED) != 0)) {
-               process_resetdev_request(port);
-               garmin_data_p->state = STATE_RESET;
+       if (!port->serial->disconnected) {
+               if (noResponseFromAppLayer(garmin_data_p) ||
+                   ((garmin_data_p->flags & CLEAR_HALT_REQUIRED) != 0)) {
+                       process_resetdev_request(port);
+                       garmin_data_p->state = STATE_RESET;
+               } else {
+                       garmin_data_p->state = STATE_DISCONNECTED;
+               }
        } else {
                garmin_data_p->state = STATE_DISCONNECTED;
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
 }
 
 
 
                        kfree (transfer_buffer);
                }
        }
-       mutex_lock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
+       mutex_unlock(&port->serial->disc_mutex);
 
        if (stats)
                dev_info(&port->dev, "Bytes In = %d  Bytes Out = %d\n",