diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
index 1b3801f78e78..42713511b53b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/mr.c
@@ -440,6 +440,105 @@ bail_umem:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * rvt_dereg_clean_qp_cb - callback from iterator
+ * @qp - the qp
+ * @v - the mregion (as u64)
+ *
+ * This routine fields the callback for all QPs and
+ * for QPs in the same PD as the MR will call the
+ * rvt_qp_mr_clean() to potentially cleanup references.
+ */
+static void rvt_dereg_clean_qp_cb(struct rvt_qp *qp, u64 v)
+{
+	struct rvt_mregion *mr = (struct rvt_mregion *)v;
+
+	/* skip PDs that are not ours */
+	if (mr->pd != qp->ibqp.pd)
+		return;
+	rvt_qp_mr_clean(qp, mr->lkey);
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_dereg_clean_qps - find QPs for reference cleanup
+ * @mr - the MR that is being deregistered
+ *
+ * This routine iterates RC QPs looking for references
+ * to the lkey noted in mr.
+ */
+static void rvt_dereg_clean_qps(struct rvt_mregion *mr)
+{
+	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(mr->pd->device);
+
+	rvt_qp_iter(rdi, (u64)mr, rvt_dereg_clean_qp_cb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_check_refs - check references
+ * @mr - the megion
+ * @t - the caller identification
+ *
+ * This routine checks MRs holding a reference during
+ * when being de-registered.
+ *
+ * If the count is non-zero, the code calls a clean routine then
+ * waits for the timeout for the count to zero.
+ */
+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)
+		rvt_dereg_clean_qps(mr);
+	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mr->comp, 5 * HZ);
+	if (!timeout) {
+		rvt_pr_err(rdi,
+			   "%s timeout mr %p pd %p lkey %x refcount %ld\n",
+			   t, mr, mr->pd, mr->lkey,
+			   atomic_long_read(&mr->refcount.count));
+		rvt_get_mr(mr);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_mr_has_lkey - is MR
+ * @mr - the mregion
+ * @lkey - the lkey
+ */
+bool rvt_mr_has_lkey(struct rvt_mregion *mr, u32 lkey)
+{
+	return mr && lkey == mr->lkey;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_ss_has_lkey - is mr in sge tests
+ * @ss - the sge state
+ * @lkey
+ *
+ * This code tests for an MR in the indicated
+ * sge state.
+ */
+bool rvt_ss_has_lkey(struct rvt_sge_state *ss, u32 lkey)
+{
+	int i;
+	bool rval = false;
+
+	if (!ss->num_sge)
+		return rval;
+	/* first one */
+	rval = rvt_mr_has_lkey(ss->sge.mr, lkey);
+	/* any others */
+	for (i = 0; !rval && i < ss->num_sge - 1; i++)
+		rval = rvt_mr_has_lkey(ss->sg_list[i].mr, lkey);
+	return rval;
+}
+
 /**
  * rvt_dereg_mr - unregister and free a memory region
  * @ibmr: the memory region to free
@@ -453,22 +552,14 @@ bail_umem:
 int rvt_dereg_mr(struct ib_mr *ibmr)
 {
 	struct rvt_mr *mr = to_imr(ibmr);
-	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(ibmr->pd->device);
-	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned long timeout;
+	int ret;
 
 	rvt_free_lkey(&mr->mr);
 
 	rvt_put_mr(&mr->mr); /* will set completion if last */
-	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&mr->mr.comp, 5 * HZ);
-	if (!timeout) {
-		rvt_pr_err(rdi,
-			   "rvt_dereg_mr timeout mr %p pd %p\n",
-			   mr, mr->mr.pd);
-		rvt_get_mr(&mr->mr);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+	ret = rvt_check_refs(&mr->mr, __func__);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 	rvt_deinit_mregion(&mr->mr);
 	if (mr->umem)
 		ib_umem_release(mr->umem);
@@ -761,16 +852,12 @@ int rvt_dealloc_fmr(struct ib_fmr *ibfmr)
 {
 	struct rvt_fmr *fmr = to_ifmr(ibfmr);
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned long timeout;
 
 	rvt_free_lkey(&fmr->mr);
 	rvt_put_mr(&fmr->mr); /* will set completion if last */
-	timeout = wait_for_completion_timeout(&fmr->mr.comp, 5 * HZ);
-	if (!timeout) {
-		rvt_get_mr(&fmr->mr);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
+	ret = rvt_check_refs(&fmr->mr, __func__);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 	rvt_deinit_mregion(&fmr->mr);
 	kfree(fmr);
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
index 9f70fd8665ab..22df09ae809e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
@@ -458,10 +458,7 @@ static void rvt_clear_mr_refs(struct rvt_qp *qp, int clr_sends)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (qp->ibqp.qp_type != IB_QPT_RC)
-		return;
-
-	for (n = 0; n < rvt_max_atomic(rdi); n++) {
+	for (n = 0; qp->s_ack_queue && n < rvt_max_atomic(rdi); n++) {
 		struct rvt_ack_entry *e = &qp->s_ack_queue[n];
 
 		if (e->rdma_sge.mr) {
@@ -471,6 +468,113 @@ static void rvt_clear_mr_refs(struct rvt_qp *qp, int clr_sends)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * rvt_swqe_has_lkey - return true if lkey is used by swqe
+ * @wqe - the send wqe
+ * @lkey - the lkey
+ *
+ * Test the swqe for using lkey
+ */
+static bool rvt_swqe_has_lkey(struct rvt_swqe *wqe, u32 lkey)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < wqe->wr.num_sge; i++) {
+		struct rvt_sge *sge = &wqe->sg_list[i];
+
+		if (rvt_mr_has_lkey(sge->mr, lkey))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_qp_sends_has_lkey - return true is qp sends use lkey
+ * @qp - the rvt_qp
+ * @lkey - the lkey
+ */
+static bool rvt_qp_sends_has_lkey(struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 lkey)
+{
+	u32 s_last = qp->s_last;
+
+	while (s_last != qp->s_head) {
+		struct rvt_swqe *wqe = rvt_get_swqe_ptr(qp, s_last);
+
+		if (rvt_swqe_has_lkey(wqe, lkey))
+			return true;
+
+		if (++s_last >= qp->s_size)
+			s_last = 0;
+	}
+	if (qp->s_rdma_mr)
+		if (rvt_mr_has_lkey(qp->s_rdma_mr, lkey))
+			return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rvt_qp_acks_has_lkey - return true if acks have lkey
+ * @qp - the qp
+ * @lkey - the lkey
+ */
+static bool rvt_qp_acks_has_lkey(struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 lkey)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(qp->ibqp.device);
+
+	for (i = 0; qp->s_ack_queue && i < rvt_max_atomic(rdi); i++) {
+		struct rvt_ack_entry *e = &qp->s_ack_queue[i];
+
+		if (rvt_mr_has_lkey(e->rdma_sge.mr, lkey))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * rvt_qp_mr_clean - clean up remote ops for lkey
+ * @qp - the qp
+ * @lkey - the lkey that is being de-registered
+ *
+ * This routine checks if the lkey is being used by
+ * the qp.
+ *
+ * If so, the qp is put into an error state to elminate
+ * any references from the qp.
+ */
+void rvt_qp_mr_clean(struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 lkey)
+{
+	bool lastwqe = false;
+
+	if (qp->ibqp.qp_type == IB_QPT_SMI ||
+	    qp->ibqp.qp_type == IB_QPT_GSI)
+		/* avoid special QPs */
+		return;
+	spin_lock_irq(&qp->r_lock);
+	spin_lock(&qp->s_hlock);
+	spin_lock(&qp->s_lock);
+
+	if (qp->state == IB_QPS_ERR || qp->state == IB_QPS_RESET)
+		goto check_lwqe;
+
+	if (rvt_ss_has_lkey(&qp->r_sge, lkey) ||
+	    rvt_qp_sends_has_lkey(qp, lkey) ||
+	    rvt_qp_acks_has_lkey(qp, lkey))
+		lastwqe = rvt_error_qp(qp, IB_WC_LOC_PROT_ERR);
+check_lwqe:
+	spin_unlock(&qp->s_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&qp->s_hlock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&qp->r_lock);
+	if (lastwqe) {
+		struct ib_event ev;
+
+		ev.device = qp->ibqp.device;
+		ev.element.qp = &qp->ibqp;
+		ev.event = IB_EVENT_QP_LAST_WQE_REACHED;
+		qp->ibqp.event_handler(&ev, qp->ibqp.qp_context);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * rvt_remove_qp - remove qp form table
  * @rdi: rvt dev struct
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdmavt_mr.h b/include/rdma/rdmavt_mr.h
index f418bd5571a5..72a3856d4057 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdmavt_mr.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdmavt_mr.h
@@ -191,4 +191,7 @@ static inline void rvt_skip_sge(struct rvt_sge_state *ss, u32 length,
 	}
 }
 
+bool rvt_ss_has_lkey(struct rvt_sge_state *ss, u32 lkey);
+bool rvt_mr_has_lkey(struct rvt_mregion *mr, u32 lkey);
+
 #endif          /* DEF_RDMAVT_INCMRH */
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
index dfeb311c30a1..0eed3d8752fa 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
@@ -702,4 +702,5 @@ int rvt_qp_iter_next(struct rvt_qp_iter *iter);
 void rvt_qp_iter(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi,
 		 u64 v,
 		 void (*cb)(struct rvt_qp *qp, u64 v));
+void rvt_qp_mr_clean(struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 lkey);
 #endif          /* DEF_RDMAVT_INCQP_H */