diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
index 15cc24d017..fdbc30b9ce 100644
--- a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
+++ b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_disconnect(DeviceState *dev)
     VHostUserBlk *s = VHOST_USER_BLK(vdev);
 
     if (!s->connected) {
-        return;
+        goto done;
     }
     s->connected = false;
 
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static void vhost_user_blk_disconnect(DeviceState *dev)
 
     vhost_dev_cleanup(&s->dev);
 
+done:
     /* Re-instate the event handler for new connections */
     qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&s->chardev, NULL, NULL, vhost_user_blk_event,
                              NULL, dev, NULL, true);
diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
index 421cd654f8..cc91ade525 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_disconnect(DeviceState *dev)
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(dev);
 
     if (!s->connected) {
-        return;
+        goto done;
     }
     s->connected = false;
 
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_disconnect(DeviceState *dev)
 
     vhost_dev_cleanup(&vsc->dev);
 
+done:
     /* Re-instate the event handler for new connections */
     qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&vs->conf.chardev, NULL, NULL,
                              vhost_user_scsi_event, NULL, dev, NULL, true);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
index 4b54255682..11e72b1e3b 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user-base.c
@@ -225,13 +225,14 @@ static void vub_disconnect(DeviceState *dev)
     VHostUserBase *vub = VHOST_USER_BASE(vdev);
 
     if (!vub->connected) {
-        return;
+        goto done;
     }
     vub->connected = false;
 
     vub_stop(vdev);
     vhost_dev_cleanup(&vub->vhost_dev);
 
+done:
     /* Re-instate the event handler for new connections */
     qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&vub->chardev,
                              NULL, NULL, vub_event,
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
index c929097e87..c407ea8939 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -2781,16 +2781,8 @@ typedef struct {
 static void vhost_user_async_close_bh(void *opaque)
 {
     VhostAsyncCallback *data = opaque;
-    struct vhost_dev *vhost = data->vhost;
 
-    /*
-     * If the vhost_dev has been cleared in the meantime there is
-     * nothing left to do as some other path has completed the
-     * cleanup.
-     */
-    if (vhost->vdev) {
-        data->cb(data->dev);
-    }
+    data->cb(data->dev);
 
     g_free(data);
 }