diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig
index 858bd701d68c..1e28ca23a74a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ config INTEL_MEI_GSC
 
 config INTEL_MEI_VSC_HW
 	tristate "Intel visual sensing controller device transport driver"
+	depends on INTEL_MEI
 	depends on ACPI && SPI
 	depends on GPIOLIB || COMPILE_TEST
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/platform-vsc.c b/drivers/misc/mei/platform-vsc.c
index b543e6b9f3cf..f2bde72613b1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/platform-vsc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/platform-vsc.c
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static int mei_vsc_hw_reset(struct mei_device *mei_dev, bool intr_enable)
 
 	vsc_tp_reset(hw->tp);
 
-	vsc_tp_intr_disable(hw->tp);
+	if (!intr_enable)
+		return 0;
 
 	return vsc_tp_init(hw->tp, mei_dev->dev);
 }
@@ -379,6 +380,8 @@ static int mei_vsc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_cancel:
 	mei_cancel_work(mei_dev);
 
+	vsc_tp_register_event_cb(tp, NULL, NULL);
+
 	mei_disable_interrupts(mei_dev);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -387,11 +390,14 @@ static int mei_vsc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static void mei_vsc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mei_device *mei_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct mei_vsc_hw *hw = mei_dev_to_vsc_hw(mei_dev);
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(mei_dev->dev);
 
 	mei_stop(mei_dev);
 
+	vsc_tp_register_event_cb(hw->tp, NULL, NULL);
+
 	mei_disable_interrupts(mei_dev);
 
 	mei_deregister(mei_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
index e6a98dba8a73..caacff61f901 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include "vsc-tp.h"
 
@@ -72,12 +73,12 @@ struct vsc_tp {
 
 	atomic_t assert_cnt;
 	wait_queue_head_t xfer_wait;
+	struct work_struct event_work;
 
 	vsc_tp_event_cb_t event_notify;
 	void *event_notify_context;
-
-	/* used to protect command download */
-	struct mutex mutex;
+	struct mutex event_notify_mutex;	/* protects event_notify + context */
+	struct mutex mutex;			/* protects command download */
 };
 
 /* GPIO resources */
@@ -102,17 +103,19 @@ static irqreturn_t vsc_tp_isr(int irq, void *data)
 
 	wake_up(&tp->xfer_wait);
 
-	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
+	schedule_work(&tp->event_work);
+
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static irqreturn_t vsc_tp_thread_isr(int irq, void *data)
+static void vsc_tp_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct vsc_tp *tp = data;
+	struct vsc_tp *tp = container_of(work, struct vsc_tp, event_work);
+
+	guard(mutex)(&tp->event_notify_mutex);
 
 	if (tp->event_notify)
 		tp->event_notify(tp->event_notify_context);
-
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 /* wakeup firmware and wait for response */
@@ -364,8 +367,6 @@ void vsc_tp_reset(struct vsc_tp *tp)
 	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(tp->wakeupfw, 1);
 
 	atomic_set(&tp->assert_cnt, 0);
-
-	enable_irq(tp->spi->irq);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(vsc_tp_reset, VSC_TP);
 
@@ -397,6 +398,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(vsc_tp_need_read, VSC_TP);
 int vsc_tp_register_event_cb(struct vsc_tp *tp, vsc_tp_event_cb_t event_cb,
 			    void *context)
 {
+	guard(mutex)(&tp->event_notify_mutex);
+
 	tp->event_notify = event_cb;
 	tp->event_notify_context = context;
 
@@ -504,7 +507,7 @@ static int vsc_tp_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	tp->wakeuphost = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "wakeuphost", GPIOD_IN);
+	tp->wakeuphost = devm_gpiod_get(dev, "wakeuphostint", GPIOD_IN);
 	if (IS_ERR(tp->wakeuphost))
 		return PTR_ERR(tp->wakeuphost);
 
@@ -521,13 +524,15 @@ static int vsc_tp_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	tp->spi = spi;
 
 	irq_set_status_flags(spi->irq, IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);
-	ret = request_threaded_irq(spi->irq, vsc_tp_isr, vsc_tp_thread_isr,
+	ret = request_threaded_irq(spi->irq, NULL, vsc_tp_isr,
 				   IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING | IRQF_ONESHOT,
 				   dev_name(dev), tp);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	mutex_init(&tp->mutex);
+	mutex_init(&tp->event_notify_mutex);
+	INIT_WORK(&tp->event_work, vsc_tp_event_work);
 
 	/* only one child acpi device */
 	ret = acpi_dev_for_each_child(ACPI_COMPANION(dev),
@@ -550,10 +555,12 @@ static int vsc_tp_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	return 0;
 
 err_destroy_lock:
-	mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
-
 	free_irq(spi->irq, tp);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&tp->event_work);
+	mutex_destroy(&tp->event_notify_mutex);
+	mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -563,9 +570,11 @@ static void vsc_tp_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	platform_device_unregister(tp->pdev);
 
-	mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
-
 	free_irq(spi->irq, tp);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&tp->event_work);
+	mutex_destroy(&tp->event_notify_mutex);
+	mutex_destroy(&tp->mutex);
 }
 
 static const struct acpi_device_id vsc_tp_acpi_ids[] = {