diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index 1a96a00418a4..da6af1ae4b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -6687,6 +6687,7 @@ _scsih_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		destroy_workqueue(wq);
 
 	/* release all the volumes */
+	_scsih_ir_shutdown(ioc);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(raid_device, next, &ioc->raid_device_list,
 	    list) {
 		if (raid_device->starget) {