diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/passthrough.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/passthrough.c
index 828dddc..f16a30e 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/passthrough.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/passthrough.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 }
 
 static void __xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
-					struct pci_dev *dev)
+					struct pci_dev *dev, bool lock)
 {
 	struct passthrough_dev_data *dev_data = pdev->pci_dev_data;
 	struct pci_dev_entry *dev_entry, *t;
@@ -87,8 +87,13 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_data->lock);
 
-	if (found_dev)
+	if (found_dev) {
+		if (lock)
+			device_lock(&found_dev->dev);
 		pcistub_put_pci_dev(found_dev);
+		if (lock)
+			device_unlock(&found_dev->dev);
+	}
 }
 
 static int __xen_pcibk_init_devices(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
@@ -156,8 +161,11 @@
 	struct pci_dev_entry *dev_entry, *t;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev_entry, t, &dev_data->dev_list, list) {
+		struct pci_dev *dev = dev_entry->dev;
 		list_del(&dev_entry->list);
-		pcistub_put_pci_dev(dev_entry->dev);
+		device_lock(&dev->dev);
+		pcistub_put_pci_dev(dev);
+		device_unlock(&dev->dev);
 		kfree(dev_entry);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index 017069a..9cbe1a3 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@
  *  - 'echo BDF > unbind' with a guest still using it. See pcistub_remove
  *
  *  As such we have to be careful.
+ *
+ *  To make this easier, the caller has to hold the device lock.
  */
 void pcistub_put_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
@@ -276,11 +278,8 @@
 	/* Cleanup our device
 	 * (so it's ready for the next domain)
 	 */
-
-	/* This is OK - we are running from workqueue context
-	 * and want to inhibit the user from fiddling with 'reset'
-	 */
-	pci_reset_function(dev);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dev->dev.mutex);
+	__pci_reset_function_locked(dev);
 	pci_restore_state(dev);
 
 	/* This disables the device. */
@@ -567,7 +566,8 @@
 			/* N.B. This ends up calling pcistub_put_pci_dev which ends up
 			 * doing the FLR. */
 			xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(found_psdev->pdev,
-						found_psdev->dev);
+						found_psdev->dev,
+						false /* caller holds the lock. */);
 		}
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&pcistub_devices_lock, flags);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h
index f72af87..58e38d5 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback.h
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@
 		    unsigned int *domain, unsigned int *bus,
 		    unsigned int *devfn);
 	int (*publish)(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, publish_pci_root_cb cb);
-	void (*release)(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, struct pci_dev *dev);
+	void (*release)(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, struct pci_dev *dev,
+                        bool lock);
 	int (*add)(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev, struct pci_dev *dev,
 		   int devid, publish_pci_dev_cb publish_cb);
 	struct pci_dev *(*get)(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
@@ -122,10 +123,10 @@
 }
 
 static inline void xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
-					     struct pci_dev *dev)
+					     struct pci_dev *dev, bool lock)
 {
 	if (xen_pcibk_backend && xen_pcibk_backend->release)
-		return xen_pcibk_backend->release(pdev, dev);
+		return xen_pcibk_backend->release(pdev, dev, lock);
 }
 
 static inline struct pci_dev *
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c
index 51afff9..c99f8bb 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/vpci.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 }
 
 static void __xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
-					struct pci_dev *dev)
+					struct pci_dev *dev, bool lock)
 {
 	int slot;
 	struct vpci_dev_data *vpci_dev = pdev->pci_dev_data;
@@ -169,8 +169,13 @@
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&vpci_dev->lock);
 
-	if (found_dev)
+	if (found_dev) {
+		if (lock)
+			device_lock(&found_dev->dev);
 		pcistub_put_pci_dev(found_dev);
+		if (lock)
+			device_unlock(&found_dev->dev);
+	}
 }
 
 static int __xen_pcibk_init_devices(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev)
@@ -208,8 +213,11 @@
 		struct pci_dev_entry *e, *tmp;
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &vpci_dev->dev_list[slot],
 					 list) {
+			struct pci_dev *dev = e->dev;
 			list_del(&e->list);
-			pcistub_put_pci_dev(e->dev);
+			device_lock(&dev->dev);
+			pcistub_put_pci_dev(dev);
+			device_unlock(&dev->dev);
 			kfree(e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
index ad8d30c..eeee499 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
 	/* N.B. This ends up calling pcistub_put_pci_dev which ends up
 	 * doing the FLR. */
-	xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(pdev, dev);
+	xen_pcibk_release_pci_dev(pdev, dev, true /* use the lock. */);
 
 out:
 	return err;