diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index d664e9ade74d..0b347f46b2f4 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -428,12 +428,14 @@ int rds_ib_flush_mr_pool(struct rds_ib_mr_pool *pool,
 		wait_clean_list_grace();
 
 		list_to_llist_nodes(pool, &unmap_list, &clean_nodes, &clean_tail);
-		if (ibmr_ret)
+		if (ibmr_ret) {
 			*ibmr_ret = llist_entry(clean_nodes, struct rds_ib_mr, llnode);
-
+			clean_nodes = clean_nodes->next;
+		}
 		/* more than one entry in llist nodes */
-		if (clean_nodes->next)
-			llist_add_batch(clean_nodes->next, clean_tail, &pool->clean_list);
+		if (clean_nodes)
+			llist_add_batch(clean_nodes, clean_tail,
+					&pool->clean_list);
 
 	}