diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_jail.c
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@
 	unsigned	 new;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Handle jail teardown in a dedicated thread to avoid deadlocks from
+ * vnet_destroy().
+ */
+TASKQUEUE_DEFINE_THREAD(jail_remove);
+
 /* allprison, allprison_racct and lastprid are protected by allprison_lock. */
 struct	sx allprison_lock;
 SX_SYSINIT(allprison_lock, &allprison_lock, "allprison");
@@ -2902,7 +2908,7 @@
 		 * Don't remove the last reference in this context,
 		 * in case there are locks held.
 		 */
-		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_thread, &pr->pr_task);
+		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_jail_remove, &pr->pr_task);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2976,7 +2982,7 @@
 		     pr->pr_id));
 		pr->pr_flags |= PR_COMPLETE_PROC;
 		mtx_unlock(&pr->pr_mtx);
-		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_thread, &pr->pr_task);
+		taskqueue_enqueue(taskqueue_jail_remove, &pr->pr_task);
 	}
 }