diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index e3c2c5b4297f..767000811cf9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static void srp_send_completion(struct ib_cq *cq, void *target_ptr);
 static int srp_cm_handler(struct ib_cm_id *cm_id, struct ib_cm_event *event);
 
 static struct scsi_transport_template *ib_srp_transport_template;
+static struct workqueue_struct *srp_remove_wq;
 
 static struct ib_client srp_client = {
 	.name   = "srp",
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ static bool srp_queue_remove_work(struct srp_target_port *target)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&target->lock);
 
 	if (changed)
-		queue_work(system_long_wq, &target->remove_work);
+		queue_work(srp_remove_wq, &target->remove_work);
 
 	return changed;
 }
@@ -3261,9 +3262,10 @@ static void srp_remove_one(struct ib_device *device)
 		spin_unlock(&host->target_lock);
 
 		/*
-		 * Wait for target port removal tasks.
+		 * Wait for tl_err and target port removal tasks.
 		 */
 		flush_workqueue(system_long_wq);
+		flush_workqueue(srp_remove_wq);
 
 		kfree(host);
 	}
@@ -3313,16 +3315,22 @@ static int __init srp_init_module(void)
 		indirect_sg_entries = cmd_sg_entries;
 	}
 
+	srp_remove_wq = create_workqueue("srp_remove");
+	if (IS_ERR(srp_remove_wq)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(srp_remove_wq);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	ib_srp_transport_template =
 		srp_attach_transport(&ib_srp_transport_functions);
 	if (!ib_srp_transport_template)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto destroy_wq;
 
 	ret = class_register(&srp_class);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("couldn't register class infiniband_srp\n");
-		srp_release_transport(ib_srp_transport_template);
-		return ret;
+		goto release_tr;
 	}
 
 	ib_sa_register_client(&srp_sa_client);
@@ -3330,13 +3338,22 @@ static int __init srp_init_module(void)
 	ret = ib_register_client(&srp_client);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("couldn't register IB client\n");
-		srp_release_transport(ib_srp_transport_template);
-		ib_sa_unregister_client(&srp_sa_client);
-		class_unregister(&srp_class);
-		return ret;
+		goto unreg_sa;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+
+unreg_sa:
+	ib_sa_unregister_client(&srp_sa_client);
+	class_unregister(&srp_class);
+
+release_tr:
+	srp_release_transport(ib_srp_transport_template);
+
+destroy_wq:
+	destroy_workqueue(srp_remove_wq);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 static void __exit srp_cleanup_module(void)
@@ -3345,6 +3362,7 @@ static void __exit srp_cleanup_module(void)
 	ib_sa_unregister_client(&srp_sa_client);
 	class_unregister(&srp_class);
 	srp_release_transport(ib_srp_transport_template);
+	destroy_workqueue(srp_remove_wq);
 }
 
 module_init(srp_init_module);