diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index 140186fe1d1e..6cb963a06777 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -426,9 +426,14 @@ static void zfcp_fsf_protstatus_eval(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)
  * or it has been dismissed due to a queue shutdown, this function
  * is called to process the completion status and trigger further
  * events related to the FSF request.
+ * Caller must ensure that the request has been removed from
+ * adapter->req_list, to protect against concurrent modification
+ * by zfcp_erp_strategy_check_fsfreq().
  */
 static void zfcp_fsf_req_complete(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)
 {
+	struct zfcp_erp_action *erp_action;
+
 	if (unlikely(zfcp_fsf_req_is_status_read_buffer(req))) {
 		zfcp_fsf_status_read_handler(req);
 		return;
@@ -439,8 +444,9 @@ static void zfcp_fsf_req_complete(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req)
 	zfcp_fsf_fsfstatus_eval(req);
 	req->handler(req);
 
-	if (req->erp_action)
-		zfcp_erp_notify(req->erp_action, 0);
+	erp_action = req->erp_action;
+	if (erp_action)
+		zfcp_erp_notify(erp_action, 0);
 
 	if (likely(req->status & ZFCP_STATUS_FSFREQ_CLEANUP))
 		zfcp_fsf_req_free(req);