diff --git a/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c b/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c
index f698d5dfd326..43f84d438960 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_control.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static int decode_deactivate(struct qaic_device *qdev, void *trans, u32 *msg_len
 		 */
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (status) {
+	if (usr && status) {
 		/*
 		 * Releasing resources failed on the device side, which puts
 		 * us in a bind since they may still be in use, so enable the
@@ -1109,6 +1109,9 @@ static void *msg_xfer(struct qaic_device *qdev, struct wrapper_list *wrappers, u
 	mutex_lock(&qdev->cntl_mutex);
 	if (!list_empty(&elem.list))
 		list_del(&elem.list);
+	/* resp_worker() processed the response but the wait was interrupted */
+	else if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
+		ret = 0;
 	if (!ret && !elem.buf)
 		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	else if (ret > 0 && !elem.buf)
@@ -1419,9 +1422,49 @@ static void resp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&qdev->cntl_mutex);
 
-	if (!found)
+	if (!found) {
+		/*
+		 * The user might have gone away at this point without waiting
+		 * for QAIC_TRANS_DEACTIVATE_FROM_DEV transaction coming from
+		 * the device. If this is not handled correctly, the host will
+		 * not know that the DBC[n] has been freed on the device.
+		 * Due to this failure in synchronization between the device and
+		 * the host, if another user requests to activate a network, and
+		 * the device assigns DBC[n] again, save_dbc_buf() will hang,
+		 * waiting for dbc[n]->in_use to be set to false, which will not
+		 * happen unless the qaic_dev_reset_clean_local_state() gets
+		 * called by resetting the device (or re-inserting the module).
+		 *
+		 * As a solution, we look for QAIC_TRANS_DEACTIVATE_FROM_DEV
+		 * transactions in the message before disposing of it, then
+		 * handle releasing the DBC resources.
+		 *
+		 * Since the user has gone away, if the device could not
+		 * deactivate the network (status != 0), there is no way to
+		 * enable and reassign the DBC to the user. We can put trust in
+		 * the device that it will release all the active DBCs in
+		 * response to the QAIC_TRANS_TERMINATE_TO_DEV transaction,
+		 * otherwise, the user can issue an soc_reset to the device.
+		 */
+		u32 msg_count = le32_to_cpu(msg->hdr.count);
+		u32 msg_len = le32_to_cpu(msg->hdr.len);
+		u32 len = 0;
+		int j;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < msg_count && len < msg_len; ++j) {
+			struct wire_trans_hdr *trans_hdr;
+
+			trans_hdr = (struct wire_trans_hdr *)(msg->data + len);
+			if (le32_to_cpu(trans_hdr->type) == QAIC_TRANS_DEACTIVATE_FROM_DEV) {
+				if (decode_deactivate(qdev, trans_hdr, &len, NULL))
+					len += le32_to_cpu(trans_hdr->len);
+			} else {
+				len += le32_to_cpu(trans_hdr->len);
+			}
+		}
 		/* request must have timed out, drop packet */
 		kfree(msg);
+	}
 
 	kfree(resp);
 }