diff --git a/internal/pkg/core/device_handler.go b/internal/pkg/core/device_handler.go
index 646b8f9..86cce43 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/core/device_handler.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/core/device_handler.go
@@ -1612,6 +1612,12 @@
 	var err error
 	var errorsList []error
 
+	if dh.getDeviceDeletionInProgressFlag() {
+		// The device itself is going to be reset as part of deletion. So nothing to be done.
+		logger.Infow(ctx, "device-deletion-in-progress--not-handling-flows-or-groups", log.Fields{"device-id": device.Id})
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if flows != nil {
 		for _, flow := range flows.ToRemove.Items {
 			ponIf := dh.getPonIfFromFlow(flow)
@@ -1660,6 +1666,12 @@
 	var err error
 	var errorsList []error
 
+	if dh.getDeviceDeletionInProgressFlag() {
+		// The device itself is going to be reset as part of deletion. So nothing to be done.
+		logger.Infow(ctx, "device-deletion-in-progress--not-handling-flows-or-groups", log.Fields{"device-id": dh.device.Id})
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Whether we need to synchronize multicast group adds and modifies like flow add and delete needs to be investigated
 	if groups != nil {
 		for _, group := range groups.ToAdd.Items {
@@ -1868,6 +1880,18 @@
 	*/
 
 	dh.setDeviceDeletionInProgressFlag(true)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1) // for the mcast routine below to finish
+	go dh.StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx, &wg)
+	for _, flMgr := range dh.flowMgr {
+		wg.Add(1) // for the flow handler routine below to finish
+		go flMgr.StopAllFlowHandlerRoutines(ctx, &wg)
+	}
+	if !dh.waitForTimeoutOrCompletion(&wg, time.Second*30) {
+		logger.Warnw(ctx, "timed out waiting for stopping flow and group handlers", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id})
+	} else {
+		logger.Infow(ctx, "all flow and group handlers shutdown gracefully", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id})
+	}
 
 	dh.cleanupDeviceResources(ctx)
 	logger.Debugw(ctx, "removed-device-from-Resource-manager-KV-store", log.Fields{"device-id": dh.device.Id})
@@ -1882,10 +1906,6 @@
 	}
 	dh.lockDevice.RUnlock()
 	dh.removeOnuIndicationChannels(ctx)
-	go dh.StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx)
-	for _, flMgr := range dh.flowMgr {
-		go flMgr.StopAllFlowHandlerRoutines(ctx)
-	}
 	//Reset the state
 	if dh.Client != nil {
 		if _, err := dh.Client.Reboot(ctx, new(oop.Empty)); err != nil {
@@ -2198,9 +2218,17 @@
 		}
 		dh.lockDevice.RUnlock()
 
-		go dh.StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx)
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		wg.Add(1) // for the multicast handler routine
+		go dh.StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx, &wg)
 		for _, flMgr := range dh.flowMgr {
-			go flMgr.StopAllFlowHandlerRoutines(ctx)
+			wg.Add(1) // for the flow handler routine
+			go flMgr.StopAllFlowHandlerRoutines(ctx, &wg)
+		}
+		if !dh.waitForTimeoutOrCompletion(&wg, time.Second*30) {
+			logger.Warnw(ctx, "timed out waiting for stopping flow and group handlers", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id})
+		} else {
+			logger.Infow(ctx, "all flow and group handlers shutdown gracefully", log.Fields{"deviceID": device.Id})
 		}
 
 		//reset adapter reconcile flag
@@ -2556,6 +2584,12 @@
 // RouteMcastFlowOrGroupMsgToChannel routes incoming mcast flow or group to a channel to be handled by the a specific
 // instance of mcastFlowOrGroupChannelHandlerRoutine meant to handle messages for that group.
 func (dh *DeviceHandler) RouteMcastFlowOrGroupMsgToChannel(ctx context.Context, flow *of.OfpFlowStats, group *of.OfpGroupEntry, action string) error {
+	if dh.getDeviceDeletionInProgressFlag() {
+		// The device itself is going to be reset as part of deletion. So nothing to be done.
+		logger.Infow(ctx, "device-deletion-in-progress--not-handling-flows-or-groups", log.Fields{"device-id": dh.device.Id})
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Step1 : Fill McastFlowOrGroupControlBlock
 	// Step2 : Push the McastFlowOrGroupControlBlock to appropriate channel
 	// Step3 : Wait on response channel for response
@@ -2649,12 +2683,17 @@
 }
 
 // StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines stops all flow handler routines. Call this when device is being rebooted or deleted
-func (dh *DeviceHandler) StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx context.Context) {
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) StopAllMcastHandlerRoutines(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	for i, v := range dh.stopMcastHandlerRoutine {
 		if dh.mcastHandlerRoutineActive[i] {
-			v <- true
+			select {
+			case v <- true:
+			case <-time.After(time.Second * 5):
+				logger.Warnw(ctx, "timeout stopping mcast handler routine", log.Fields{"idx": i, "deviceID": dh.device.Id})
+			}
 		}
 	}
+	wg.Done()
 	logger.Debug(ctx, "stopped all mcast handler routines")
 }
 
@@ -3126,3 +3165,19 @@
 	defer dh.lockDevice.RUnlock()
 	return dh.isDeviceDeletionInProgress
 }
+
+// waitForTimeoutOrCompletion waits for the waitgroup for the specified max timeout.
+// Returns false if waiting timed out.
+func (dh *DeviceHandler) waitForTimeoutOrCompletion(wg *sync.WaitGroup, timeout time.Duration) bool {
+	c := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(c)
+		wg.Wait()
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-c:
+		return true // completed normally
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		return false // timed out
+	}
+}