diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 623129f27f5a..71358b0b8910 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ static int rxe_post_send_kernel(struct rxe_qp *qp, const struct ib_send_wr *wr,
 	unsigned int mask;
 	unsigned int length = 0;
 	int i;
+	struct ib_send_wr *next;
 
 	while (wr) {
 		mask = wr_opcode_mask(wr->opcode, qp);
@@ -695,6 +696,8 @@ static int rxe_post_send_kernel(struct rxe_qp *qp, const struct ib_send_wr *wr,
 			break;
 		}
 
+		next = wr->next;
+
 		length = 0;
 		for (i = 0; i < wr->num_sge; i++)
 			length += wr->sg_list[i].length;
@@ -705,7 +708,7 @@ static int rxe_post_send_kernel(struct rxe_qp *qp, const struct ib_send_wr *wr,
 			*bad_wr = wr;
 			break;
 		}
-		wr = wr->next;
+		wr = next;
 	}
 
 	rxe_run_task(&qp->req.task, 1);