static int smc_connect_abort(struct smc_sock *smc, int reason_code,
                             int local_contact)
 {
+       bool is_smcd = smc->conn.lgr->is_smcd;
+
        if (local_contact == SMC_FIRST_CONTACT)
-               smc_lgr_forget(smc->conn.lgr);
-       if (smc->conn.lgr->is_smcd)
+               smc_lgr_cleanup_early(&smc->conn);
+       else
+               smc_conn_free(&smc->conn);
+       if (is_smcd)
                /* there is only one lgr role for SMC-D; use server lock */
                mutex_unlock(&smc_server_lgr_pending);
        else
                mutex_unlock(&smc_client_lgr_pending);
 
-       smc_conn_free(&smc->conn);
        smc->connect_nonblock = 0;
        return reason_code;
 }
        if (newsmcsk->sk_state == SMC_INIT)
                sock_put(&new_smc->sk); /* passive closing */
        newsmcsk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
-       smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
 
        smc_listen_out(new_smc);
 }
 {
        /* RDMA setup failed, switch back to TCP */
        if (local_contact == SMC_FIRST_CONTACT)
-               smc_lgr_forget(new_smc->conn.lgr);
+               smc_lgr_cleanup_early(&new_smc->conn);
+       else
+               smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
        if (reason_code < 0) { /* error, no fallback possible */
                smc_listen_out_err(new_smc);
                return;
        }
-       smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
        smc_switch_to_fallback(new_smc);
        new_smc->fallback_rsn = reason_code;
        if (reason_code && reason_code != SMC_CLC_DECL_PEERDECL) {
                            new_smc->conn.lgr->vlan_id,
                            new_smc->conn.lgr->smcd)) {
                if (ini->cln_first_contact == SMC_FIRST_CONTACT)
-                       smc_lgr_forget(new_smc->conn.lgr);
-               smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
+                       smc_lgr_cleanup_early(&new_smc->conn);
+               else
+                       smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
                return SMC_CLC_DECL_SMCDNOTALK;
        }
 
        /* Create send and receive buffers */
        if (smc_buf_create(new_smc, true)) {
                if (ini->cln_first_contact == SMC_FIRST_CONTACT)
-                       smc_lgr_forget(new_smc->conn.lgr);
-               smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
+                       smc_lgr_cleanup_early(&new_smc->conn);
+               else
+                       smc_conn_free(&new_smc->conn);
                return SMC_CLC_DECL_MEM;
        }
 
 
 struct smc_clc_msg_local;
 
 void smc_lgr_forget(struct smc_link_group *lgr);
+void smc_lgr_cleanup_early(struct smc_connection *conn);
 void smc_lgr_terminate(struct smc_link_group *lgr, bool soft);
 void smc_port_terminate(struct smc_ib_device *smcibdev, u8 ibport);
 void smc_smcd_terminate(struct smcd_dev *dev, u64 peer_gid,
 
 void smc_conn_free(struct smc_connection *conn);
 int smc_conn_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini);
-void smcd_conn_free(struct smc_connection *conn);
 void smc_lgr_schedule_free_work_fast(struct smc_link_group *lgr);
 int smc_core_init(void);
 void smc_core_exit(void);