diff --git a/utils/devices.go b/utils/devices.go
index a607aba8b..3126bb120 100644
--- a/utils/devices.go
+++ b/utils/devices.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 
 	"github.com/netapp/trident/internal/fiji"
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ import (
 const LUKSMetadataSize = 18874368
 
 const (
-	luksDevicePrefix = "luks-"
+	luksDevicePrefix          = "luks-"
+	devicesRemovalMaxWaitTime = 5 * time.Second
 )
 
 var (
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ var (
 	beforeRemoveFile           = fiji.Register("beforeRemoveFile", "devices")
 
 	LuksCloseDurations = durations.TimeDuration{}
+
+	osFs = afero.NewOsFs()
 )
 
 // waitForDevice accepts a device name and checks if it is present
@@ -175,6 +179,30 @@ func removeDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceInfo *models.ScsiDeviceInfo, ignore
 	return nil
 }
 
+// waitForDevicesRemoval waits for devices to be removed from the system.
+func waitForDevicesRemoval(ctx context.Context, osFs afero.Fs, devicePathPrefix string, deviceNames []string,
+	maxWaitTime time.Duration,
+) error {
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	for time.Since(startTime) < maxWaitTime {
+		anyExist := false
+		for _, device := range deviceNames {
+			path := filepath.Join(devicePathPrefix, device)
+			if _, err := osFs.Stat(path); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				anyExist = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !anyExist {
+			return nil
+		}
+		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+
+	Logc(ctx).WithField("devices", deviceNames).Debug("Timed out waiting for devices to be removed.")
+	return errors.TimeoutError("timed out waiting for devices to be removed")
+}
+
 // canFlushMultipathDevice determines whether device can be flushed.
 //  1. Check the health of path by executing 'multipath -C <devicePath>'
 //  2. If no error, return nil.
@@ -911,8 +939,13 @@ func removeSCSIDevice(ctx context.Context, deviceInfo *models.ScsiDeviceInfo, ig
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	// Give the host a chance to fully process the removal
-	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	// Wait for device to be removed. Do not ignore errors here as we need the device removed
+	// for the force removal of the multipath device to succeed.
+	err = waitForDevicesRemoval(ctx, osFs, iscsi.DevPrefix, deviceInfo.Devices, devicesRemovalMaxWaitTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
 	listAllISCSIDevices(ctx)
 
 	// If ignoreErrors was set to true while entering into this function and
diff --git a/utils/devices_linux.go b/utils/devices_linux.go
index 3241caeb4..a1a9f5fb5 100644
--- a/utils/devices_linux.go
+++ b/utils/devices_linux.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ var (
 	duringOpenBeforeCryptSetupOpen            = fiji.Register("duringOpenBeforeCryptSetupOpen", "devices_linux")
 	duringRotatePassphraseBeforeLuksKeyChange = fiji.Register("duringRotatePassphraseBeforeLuksKeyChange",
 		"devices_linux")
-
-	osFs = afero.NewOsFs()
 )
 
 // flushOneDevice flushes any outstanding I/O to a disk
diff --git a/utils/devices_test.go b/utils/devices_test.go
index 59489cbe3..100edb256 100644
--- a/utils/devices_test.go
+++ b/utils/devices_test.go
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
 
 	mockexec "github.com/netapp/trident/mocks/mock_utils/mock_exec"
 	"github.com/netapp/trident/mocks/mock_utils/mock_models/mock_luks"
+	"github.com/netapp/trident/utils/errors"
 )
 
 // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -266,3 +268,85 @@ func TestRemoveMultipathDeviceMapping(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWaitForDevicesRemoval(t *testing.T) {
+	errMsg := "timed out waiting for devices to be removed"
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		name             string
+		devicePathPrefix string
+		deviceNames      []string
+		getOsFs          func() (afero.Fs, error)
+		maxWaitTime      time.Duration
+		expectedError    error
+	}{
+		"Devices removed successfully": {
+			devicePathPrefix: "/dev",
+			deviceNames:      []string{"sda", "sdb"},
+			getOsFs: func() (afero.Fs, error) {
+				return afero.NewMemMapFs(), nil
+			},
+			maxWaitTime:   1 * time.Second,
+			expectedError: nil,
+		},
+		"Timeout waiting for devices to be removed": {
+			devicePathPrefix: "/dev",
+			deviceNames:      []string{"sda", "sdb"},
+			getOsFs: func() (afero.Fs, error) {
+				osFs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+				_, err := osFs.Create("/dev/sda")
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				_, err = osFs.Create("/dev/sdb")
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				return osFs, nil
+			},
+			maxWaitTime:   1 * time.Second,
+			expectedError: errors.TimeoutError(errMsg),
+		},
+		"Timeout waiting for last device to be removed": {
+			devicePathPrefix: "/dev",
+			deviceNames:      []string{"sda", "sdb"},
+			getOsFs: func() (afero.Fs, error) {
+				osFs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+				_, err := osFs.Create("/dev/sdb")
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				return osFs, nil
+			},
+			maxWaitTime:   1 * time.Second,
+			expectedError: errors.TimeoutError(errMsg),
+		},
+		"Timeout waiting for first device to be removed": {
+			devicePathPrefix: "/dev",
+			deviceNames:      []string{"sda", "sdb"},
+			getOsFs: func() (afero.Fs, error) {
+				osFs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+				_, err := osFs.Create("/dev/sda")
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				return osFs, nil
+			},
+			maxWaitTime:   1 * time.Second,
+			expectedError: errors.TimeoutError(errMsg),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, params := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fs, err := params.getOsFs()
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = waitForDevicesRemoval(context.Background(), fs, params.devicePathPrefix, params.deviceNames,
+				params.maxWaitTime)
+			if params.expectedError != nil {
+				assert.EqualError(t, err, params.expectedError.Error())
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}