diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index de122354d09a..3aee9464a7bf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -722,8 +722,24 @@ static ssize_t
 sdev_store_delete(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	if (device_remove_file_self(dev, attr))
-		scsi_remove_device(to_scsi_device(dev));
+	struct kernfs_node *kn;
+
+	kn = sysfs_break_active_protection(&dev->kobj, &attr->attr);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!kn);
+	/*
+	 * Concurrent writes into the "delete" sysfs attribute may trigger
+	 * concurrent calls to device_remove_file() and scsi_remove_device().
+	 * device_remove_file() handles concurrent removal calls by
+	 * serializing these and by ignoring the second and later removal
+	 * attempts.  Concurrent calls of scsi_remove_device() are
+	 * serialized. The second and later calls of scsi_remove_device() are
+	 * ignored because the first call of that function changes the device
+	 * state into SDEV_DEL.
+	 */
+	device_remove_file(dev, attr);
+	scsi_remove_device(to_scsi_device(dev));
+	if (kn)
+		sysfs_unbreak_active_protection(kn);
 	return count;
 };
 static DEVICE_ATTR(delete, S_IWUSR, NULL, sdev_store_delete);