diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index b84896acd4732..c70bf6c91b86d 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@ int smcr_link_init(struct smc_link_group *lgr, struct smc_link *lnk,
 	lnk->link_id = smcr_next_link_id(lgr);
 	lnk->lgr = lgr;
 	lnk->link_idx = link_idx;
-	lnk->smcibdev = ini->ib_dev;
-	lnk->ibport = ini->ib_port;
+	lnk->wr_rx_id_compl = 0;
 	smc_ibdev_cnt_inc(lnk);
 	smcr_copy_dev_info_to_link(lnk);
 	lnk->path_mtu = ini->ib_dev->pattr[ini->ib_port - 1].active_mtu;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.h b/net/smc/smc_core.h
index 9a0523f4c7ba6..fb6f2fd769b0b 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.h
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ struct smc_link {
 	/* above three vectors have wr_rx_cnt elements and use the same index */
 	dma_addr_t		wr_rx_dma_addr;	/* DMA address of wr_rx_bufs */
 	u64			wr_rx_id;	/* seq # of last recv WR */
+	u64			wr_rx_id_compl; /* seq # of last completed WR */
 	u32			wr_rx_cnt;	/* number of WR recv buffers */
 	unsigned long		wr_rx_tstamp;	/* jiffies when last buf rx */
+	wait_queue_head_t       wr_rx_empty_wait; /* wait for RQ empty */
 
 	struct ib_reg_wr	wr_reg;		/* WR register memory region */
 	wait_queue_head_t	wr_reg_wait;	/* wait for wr_reg result */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_wr.c b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
index 59ca1a2d5c650..512cfaec3d62a 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_wr.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static inline void smc_wr_rx_process_cqes(struct ib_wc wc[], int num)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		link = wc[i].qp->qp_context;
+		link->wr_rx_id_compl = wc[i].wr_id;
 		if (wc[i].status == IB_WC_SUCCESS) {
 			link->wr_rx_tstamp = jiffies;
 			smc_wr_rx_demultiplex(&wc[i]);
@@ -399,6 +400,8 @@ static inline void smc_wr_rx_process_cqes(struct ib_wc wc[], int num)
 			case IB_WC_RNR_RETRY_EXC_ERR:
 			case IB_WC_WR_FLUSH_ERR:
 				smcr_link_down_cond_sched(link);
+				if (link->wr_rx_id_compl == link->wr_rx_id)
+					wake_up(&link->wr_rx_empty_wait);
 				break;
 			default:
 				smc_wr_rx_post(link); /* refill WR RX */
@@ -539,6 +542,7 @@ void smc_wr_free_link(struct smc_link *lnk)
 		return;
 	ibdev = lnk->smcibdev->ibdev;
 
+	smc_wr_drain_cq(lnk);
 	smc_wr_wakeup_reg_wait(lnk);
 	smc_wr_wakeup_tx_wait(lnk);
 
@@ -706,6 +710,7 @@ int smc_wr_create_link(struct smc_link *lnk)
 	atomic_set(&lnk->wr_tx_refcnt, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&lnk->wr_reg_wait);
 	atomic_set(&lnk->wr_reg_refcnt, 0);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&lnk->wr_rx_empty_wait);
 	return rc;
 
 dma_unmap:
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_wr.h b/net/smc/smc_wr.h
index cb58e60078f57..4fbd0ef26f000 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_wr.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_wr.h
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ static inline void smc_wr_tx_link_put(struct smc_link *link)
 		wake_up_all(&link->wr_tx_wait);
 }
 
+static inline void smc_wr_drain_cq(struct smc_link *lnk)
+{
+	wait_event(lnk->wr_rx_empty_wait, lnk->wr_rx_id_compl == lnk->wr_rx_id);
+}
+
 static inline void smc_wr_wakeup_tx_wait(struct smc_link *lnk)
 {
 	wake_up_all(&lnk->wr_tx_wait);