diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
index 1b2e5362a3ff..cc429b567d0a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
@@ -489,11 +489,13 @@ static int rvt_check_refs(struct rvt_mregion *mr, const char *t)
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(mr->pd->device);
 
-	if (percpu_ref_is_zero(&mr->refcount))
-		return 0;
-	/* avoid dma mr */
-	if (mr->lkey)
+	if (mr->lkey) {
+		/* avoid dma mr */
 		rvt_dereg_clean_qps(mr);
+		/* @mr was indexed on rcu protected @lkey_table */
+		synchronize_rcu();
+	}
+
 	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mr->comp, 5 * HZ);
 	if (!timeout) {
 		rvt_pr_err(rdi,