diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index e7696c47489a..7695034f4b87 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 
 	req->__data_len += blk_rq_bytes(next);
 
-	if (req_op(req) != REQ_OP_DISCARD)
+	if (!blk_discard_mergable(req))
 		elv_merge_requests(q, req, next);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 559d567693b8..3cf1b773158e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3314,6 +3314,9 @@ void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(ns_list);
 
+	/* prevent racing with ns scanning */
+	flush_work(&ctrl->scan_work);
+
 	/*
 	 * The dead states indicates the controller was not gracefully
 	 * disconnected. In that case, we won't be able to flush any data while
@@ -3476,7 +3479,6 @@ void nvme_stop_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	nvme_mpath_stop(ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
 	flush_work(&ctrl->async_event_work);
-	flush_work(&ctrl->scan_work);
 	cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->fw_act_work);
 	if (ctrl->ops->stop_ctrl)
 		ctrl->ops->stop_ctrl(ctrl);
@@ -3585,7 +3587,7 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct device *dev,
 
 	return 0;
 out_free_name:
-	kfree_const(dev->kobj.name);
+	kfree_const(ctrl->device->kobj.name);
 out_release_instance:
 	ida_simple_remove(&nvme_instance_ida, ctrl->instance);
 out:
@@ -3607,7 +3609,7 @@ void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	down_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
 
 	/* Forcibly unquiesce queues to avoid blocking dispatch */
-	if (ctrl->admin_q)
+	if (ctrl->admin_q && !blk_queue_dying(ctrl->admin_q))
 		blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(ctrl->admin_q);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index 54032c466636..feb86b59170e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -1752,12 +1752,12 @@ nvme_fc_init_request(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, struct request *rq,
 	struct nvme_fc_queue *queue = &ctrl->queues[queue_idx];
 	int res;
 
-	nvme_req(rq)->ctrl = &ctrl->ctrl;
 	res = __nvme_fc_init_request(ctrl, queue, &op->op, rq, queue->rqcnt++);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 	op->op.fcp_req.first_sgl = &op->sgl[0];
 	op->op.fcp_req.private = &op->priv[0];
+	nvme_req(rq)->ctrl = &ctrl->ctrl;
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index cee79cb388af..081cbdcce880 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ static inline void nvme_mpath_check_last_path(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 static inline int nvme_mpath_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 {
+	if (ctrl->subsys->cmic & (1 << 3))
+		dev_warn(ctrl->device,
+"Please enable CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH for full support of multi-port devices.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 static inline void nvme_mpath_uninit(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index d181cafedc58..ab6ec7295bf9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_alloc_qe(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct nvme_rdma_qe *qe,
 	qe->dma = ib_dma_map_single(ibdev, qe->data, capsule_size, dir);
 	if (ib_dma_mapping_error(ibdev, qe->dma)) {
 		kfree(qe->data);
+		qe->data = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -823,6 +824,7 @@ out_free_tagset:
 out_free_async_qe:
 	nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
 		sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;
 out_free_queue:
 	nvme_rdma_free_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 722d17c88edb..41a0e97252ae 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ static ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, ssize_t ret, unsigned int flags)
 		 */
 		dio->iocb->ki_pos += transferred;
 
-		if (dio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE)
-			ret = generic_write_sync(dio->iocb,  transferred);
+		if (ret > 0 && dio->op == REQ_OP_WRITE)
+			ret = generic_write_sync(dio->iocb, ret);
 		dio->iocb->ki_complete(dio->iocb, ret, 0);
 	}