diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c
index c358c074f925..14311535661d 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.c
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ void ring_start(struct tb_ring *ring)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&ring->nhi->lock);
 	mutex_lock(&ring->lock);
+	if (ring->nhi->going_away)
+		goto err;
 	if (ring->running) {
 		dev_WARN(&ring->nhi->pdev->dev, "ring already started\n");
 		goto err;
@@ -449,6 +451,8 @@ void ring_stop(struct tb_ring *ring)
 	mutex_lock(&ring->lock);
 	dev_info(&ring->nhi->pdev->dev, "stopping %s %d\n",
 		 RING_TYPE(ring), ring->hop);
+	if (ring->nhi->going_away)
+		goto err;
 	if (!ring->running) {
 		dev_WARN(&ring->nhi->pdev->dev, "%s %d already stopped\n",
 			 RING_TYPE(ring), ring->hop);
@@ -653,6 +657,14 @@ static int nhi_resume_noirq(struct device *dev)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
 	struct tb *tb = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	/*
+	 * Check that the device is still there. It may be that the user
+	 * unplugged last device which causes the host controller to go
+	 * away on PCs.
+	 */
+	if (!pci_device_is_present(pdev))
+		tb->nhi->going_away = true;
+
 	return tb_domain_resume_noirq(tb);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.h b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.h
index 446ff6dac91d..953864ae0ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.h
+++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/nhi.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  * @tx_rings: All Tx rings available on this host controller
  * @rx_rings: All Rx rings available on this host controller
  * @msix_ida: Used to allocate MSI-X vectors for rings
+ * @going_away: The host controller device is about to disappear so when
+ *		this flag is set, avoid touching the hardware anymore.
  * @interrupt_work: Work scheduled to handle ring interrupt when no
  *		    MSI-X is used.
  * @hop_count: Number of rings (end point hops) supported by NHI.
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ struct tb_nhi {
 	struct tb_ring **tx_rings;
 	struct tb_ring **rx_rings;
 	struct ida msix_ida;
+	bool going_away;
 	struct work_struct interrupt_work;
 	u32 hop_count;
 };