diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c b/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c
index 84d2b91..e0cc5d6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 	.show	= dm_attr_show,
 };
 
+static void dm_kobject_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	complete(dm_get_completion_from_kobject(kobj));
+}
+
 /*
  * dm kobject is embedded in mapped_device structure
  * no need to define release function here
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@
 static struct kobj_type dm_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops	= &dm_sysfs_ops,
 	.default_attrs	= dm_attrs,
+	.release	= dm_kobject_release,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -104,5 +110,7 @@
  */
 void dm_sysfs_exit(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
-	kobject_put(dm_kobject(md));
+	struct kobject *kobj = dm_kobject(md);
+	kobject_put(kobj);
+	wait_for_completion(dm_get_completion_from_kobject(kobj));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index b3d9372..e290e72 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@
 	/* sysfs handle */
 	struct kobject kobj;
 
+	/* wait until the kobject is released */
+	struct completion kobj_completion;
+
 	/* zero-length flush that will be cloned and submitted to targets */
 	struct bio flush_bio;
 
@@ -2041,6 +2044,7 @@
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->wait);
 	INIT_WORK(&md->work, dm_wq_work);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->eventq);
+	init_completion(&md->kobj_completion);
 
 	md->disk->major = _major;
 	md->disk->first_minor = minor;
@@ -2919,6 +2923,13 @@
 	return md;
 }
 
+struct completion *dm_get_completion_from_kobject(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	struct mapped_device *md = container_of(kobj, struct mapped_device, kobj);
+
+	return &md->kobj_completion;
+}
+
 int dm_suspended_md(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
 	return test_bit(DMF_SUSPENDED, &md->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index c57ba55..1ab2028 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 
 #include "dm-stats.h"
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
 void dm_sysfs_exit(struct mapped_device *md);
 struct kobject *dm_kobject(struct mapped_device *md);
 struct mapped_device *dm_get_from_kobject(struct kobject *kobj);
+struct completion *dm_get_completion_from_kobject(struct kobject *kobj);
 
 /*
  * Targets for linear and striped mappings