unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&pwrb_context->wrb_lock, flags);
+       if (!pwrb_context->wrb_handles_available) {
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pwrb_context->wrb_lock, flags);
+               return NULL;
+       }
        pwrb_handle = pwrb_context->pwrb_handle_base[pwrb_context->alloc_index];
        pwrb_context->wrb_handles_available--;
        if (pwrb_context->alloc_index == (wrbs_per_cxn - 1))
                pwrb_context->free_index = 0;
        else
                pwrb_context->free_index++;
+       pwrb_handle->pio_handle = NULL;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pwrb_context->wrb_lock, flags);
 }
 
        uint16_t wrb_index, cid, cri_index;
        struct hwi_controller *phwi_ctrlr;
        struct wrb_handle *pwrb_handle;
+       struct iscsi_session *session;
        struct iscsi_task *task;
 
        phwi_ctrlr = phba->phwi_ctrlr;
        cri_index = BE_GET_CRI_FROM_CID(cid);
        pwrb_context = &phwi_ctrlr->wrb_context[cri_index];
        pwrb_handle = pwrb_context->pwrb_handle_basestd[wrb_index];
+       session = beiscsi_conn->conn->session;
+       spin_lock_bh(&session->back_lock);
        task = pwrb_handle->pio_handle;
-       iscsi_put_task(task);
+       if (task)
+               __iscsi_put_task(task);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&session->back_lock);
 }
 
 static void
 static void hwi_complete_cmd(struct beiscsi_conn *beiscsi_conn,
                             struct beiscsi_hba *phba, struct sol_cqe *psol)
 {
+       struct iscsi_conn *conn = beiscsi_conn->conn;
+       struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
+       struct common_sol_cqe csol_cqe = {0};
        struct hwi_wrb_context *pwrb_context;
+       struct hwi_controller *phwi_ctrlr;
        struct wrb_handle *pwrb_handle;
        struct iscsi_wrb *pwrb = NULL;
-       struct hwi_controller *phwi_ctrlr;
        struct iscsi_task *task;
-       unsigned int type;
-       struct iscsi_conn *conn = beiscsi_conn->conn;
-       struct iscsi_session *session = conn->session;
-       struct common_sol_cqe csol_cqe = {0};
        uint16_t cri_index = 0;
+       uint8_t type;
 
        phwi_ctrlr = phba->phwi_ctrlr;
 
        pwrb_handle = pwrb_context->pwrb_handle_basestd[
                      csol_cqe.wrb_index];
 
+       spin_lock_bh(&session->back_lock);
        task = pwrb_handle->pio_handle;
+       if (!task) {
+               spin_unlock_bh(&session->back_lock);
+               return;
+       }
        pwrb = pwrb_handle->pwrb;
        type = ((struct beiscsi_io_task *)task->dd_data)->wrb_type;
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&session->back_lock);
        switch (type) {
        case HWH_TYPE_IO:
        case HWH_TYPE_IO_RD: