}
 
        if (dd->ipath_kregbase) {
-               ipath_write_kreg_port(
-                       dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdrtailaddr,
-                       port, 0ULL);
-               ipath_write_kreg_port(
-                       dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdraddr,
-                       pd->port_port, 0);
+               int i;
+               /* atomically clear receive enable port. */
+               clear_bit(INFINIPATH_R_PORTENABLE_SHIFT + port,
+                         &dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
+               ipath_write_kreg( dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvctrl,
+                       dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
+               /* and read back from chip to be sure that nothing
+                * else is in flight when we do the rest */
+               (void)ipath_read_kreg64(dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_scratch);
 
                /* clean up the pkeys for this port user */
                ipath_clean_part_key(pd, dd);
 
-               if (port < dd->ipath_cfgports) {
-                       int i = dd->ipath_pbufsport * (port - 1);
-                       ipath_disarm_piobufs(dd, i, dd->ipath_pbufsport);
 
-                       /* atomically clear receive enable port. */
-                       clear_bit(INFINIPATH_R_PORTENABLE_SHIFT + port,
-                                 &dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
-                       ipath_write_kreg(
-                               dd,
-                               dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvctrl,
-                               dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
-
-                       if (dd->ipath_pageshadow)
-                               unlock_expected_tids(pd);
-                       ipath_stats.sps_ports--;
-                       ipath_cdbg(PROC, "%s[%u] closed port %u:%u\n",
-                                  pd->port_comm, pd->port_pid,
-                                  dd->ipath_unit, port);
-               }
+               /*
+                * be paranoid, and never write 0's to these, just use an
+                * unused part of the port 0 tail page.  Of course,
+                * rcvhdraddr points to a large chunk of memory, so this
+                * could still trash things, but at least it won't trash
+                * page 0, and by disabling the port, it should stop "soon",
+                * even if a packet or two is in already in flight after we
+                * disabled the port.
+                */
+               ipath_write_kreg_port(dd,
+                       dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdrtailaddr, port,
+                       dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys);
+               ipath_write_kreg_port(dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdraddr,
+                       pd->port_port, dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys);
+
+               i = dd->ipath_pbufsport * (port - 1);
+               ipath_disarm_piobufs(dd, i, dd->ipath_pbufsport);
+
+               if (dd->ipath_pageshadow)
+                       unlock_expected_tids(pd);
+               ipath_stats.sps_ports--;
+               ipath_cdbg(PROC, "%s[%u] closed port %u:%u\n",
+                          pd->port_comm, pd->port_pid,
+                          dd->ipath_unit, port);
+
+               dd->ipath_f_clear_tids(dd, pd->port_port);
        }
 
        pd->port_cnt = 0;
        pd->port_pid = 0;
 
-       dd->ipath_f_clear_tids(dd, pd->port_port);
-
        dd->ipath_pd[pd->port_port] = NULL; /* before releasing mutex */
        mutex_unlock(&ipath_mutex);
        ipath_free_pddata(dd, pd); /* after releasing the mutex */
 
        u32 val32, kpiobufs;
        u64 val;
        struct ipath_portdata *pd = NULL; /* keep gcc4 happy */
+       gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_USER | __GFP_COMP;
 
        ret = init_housekeeping(dd, &pd, reinit);
        if (ret)
        else
                enable_chip(dd, pd, reinit);
 
+
+       if (!ret && !reinit) {
+           /* used when we close a port, for DMA already in flight at close */
+               dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq = dma_alloc_coherent(
+                       &dd->pcidev->dev, pd->port_rcvhdrq_size,
+                       &dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys,
+                       gfp_flags);
+               if (!dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq ) {
+                       dev_info(&dd->pcidev->dev,
+                               "Couldn't allocate 0x%lx bytes for dummy hdrq\n",
+                               pd->port_rcvhdrq_size);
+                       /* fallback to just 0'ing */
+                       dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys = 0UL;
+               }
+       }
+
        /*
         * cause retrigger of pending interrupts ignored during init,
         * even if we had errors