diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index c34b090178a9..fa98470df3f0 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -5895,18 +5895,6 @@ static void bfq_finish_requeue_request(struct request *rq)
 	struct bfq_queue *bfqq = RQ_BFQQ(rq);
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd;
 
-	/*
-	 * Requeue and finish hooks are invoked in blk-mq without
-	 * checking whether the involved request is actually still
-	 * referenced in the scheduler. To handle this fact, the
-	 * following two checks make this function exit in case of
-	 * spurious invocations, for which there is nothing to do.
-	 *
-	 * First, check whether rq has nothing to do with an elevator.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!(rq->rq_flags & RQF_ELVPRIV)))
-		return;
-
 	/*
 	 * rq either is not associated with any icq, or is an already
 	 * requeued request that has not (yet) been re-inserted into
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index a9931f23d933..e865ea55b9f9 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -879,8 +879,10 @@ bool __bio_try_merge_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 		struct bio_vec *bv = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];
 
 		if (page_is_mergeable(bv, page, len, off, same_page)) {
-			if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len)
+			if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len) {
+				*same_page = false;
 				return false;
+			}
 			bv->bv_len += len;
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_size += len;
 			return true;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index 126021fc3a11..e81ca1bf6e10 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline void blk_mq_sched_requeue_request(struct request *rq)
 	struct request_queue *q = rq->q;
 	struct elevator_queue *e = q->elevator;
 
-	if (e && e->type->ops.requeue_request)
+	if ((rq->rq_flags & RQF_ELVPRIV) && e && e->type->ops.requeue_request)
 		e->type->ops.requeue_request(rq);
 }
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 5b4869c08fb3..722406b841df 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ int bdev_del_partition(struct block_device *bdev, int partno)
 
 	bdevp = bdget_disk(bdev->bd_disk, partno);
 	if (!bdevp)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return -ENXIO;
 
 	mutex_lock(&bdevp->bd_mutex);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, 1);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index d543bc1747fd..f3a61a24d45f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3525,10 +3525,6 @@ static ssize_t nvme_sysfs_delete(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	/* Can't delete non-created controllers */
-	if (!ctrl->created)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	if (device_remove_file_self(dev, attr))
 		nvme_delete_ctrl_sync(ctrl);
 	return count;
@@ -4403,7 +4399,6 @@ void nvme_start_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		nvme_queue_scan(ctrl);
 		nvme_start_queues(ctrl);
 	}
-	ctrl->created = true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_ctrl);
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 32f61fc5f4c5..8575724734e0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -565,10 +565,14 @@ bool __nvmf_check_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct request *rq,
 	struct nvme_request *req = nvme_req(rq);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are in some state of setup or teardown only allow
-	 * internally generated commands.
+	 * currently we have a problem sending passthru commands
+	 * on the admin_q if the controller is not LIVE because we can't
+	 * make sure that they are going out after the admin connect,
+	 * controller enable and/or other commands in the initialization
+	 * sequence. until the controller will be LIVE, fail with
+	 * BLK_STS_RESOURCE so that they will be rescheduled.
 	 */
-	if (!blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq) || (req->flags & NVME_REQ_USERCMD))
+	if (rq->q == ctrl->admin_q && (req->flags & NVME_REQ_USERCMD))
 		return false;
 
 	/*
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ bool __nvmf_check_ready(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct request *rq,
 	 */
 	switch (ctrl->state) {
 	case NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING:
-		if (nvme_is_fabrics(req->cmd) &&
+		if (blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq) && nvme_is_fabrics(req->cmd) &&
 		    req->cmd->fabrics.fctype == nvme_fabrics_type_connect)
 			return true;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index a7f474ddfff7..e8ef42b9d50c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@ nvme_fc_term_aen_ops(struct nvme_fc_ctrl *ctrl)
 	struct nvme_fc_fcp_op *aen_op;
 	int i;
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->ctrl.async_event_work);
 	aen_op = ctrl->aen_ops;
 	for (i = 0; i < NVME_NR_AEN_COMMANDS; i++, aen_op++) {
 		__nvme_fc_exit_request(ctrl, aen_op);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 2910f6caab7d..9fd45ff656da 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	struct nvme_command ka_cmd;
 	struct work_struct fw_act_work;
 	unsigned long events;
-	bool created;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
 	/* asymmetric namespace access: */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 8e5ffe2f117d..9e378d0a0c01 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		blk_mq_free_tag_set(ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset);
 	}
 	if (ctrl->async_event_sqe.data) {
+		cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->ctrl.async_event_work);
 		nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
 				sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index 16851ae3bddf..8f4f29f18b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -1596,6 +1596,7 @@ static struct blk_mq_tag_set *nvme_tcp_alloc_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 static void nvme_tcp_free_admin_queue(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	if (to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->async_req.pdu) {
+		cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->async_event_work);
 		nvme_tcp_free_async_req(to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl));
 		to_tcp_ctrl(ctrl)->async_req.pdu = NULL;
 	}