struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
        struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt = NULL;
        enum comp_state state;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        rxe_add_ref(qp);
 
            qp->req.state == QP_STATE_RESET) {
                rxe_drain_resp_pkts(qp, qp->valid &&
                                    qp->req.state == QP_STATE_ERROR);
-               goto exit;
+               ret = -EAGAIN;
+               goto done;
        }
 
        if (qp->comp.timeout) {
                qp->comp.timeout_retry = 0;
        }
 
-       if (qp->req.need_retry)
-               goto exit;
+       if (qp->req.need_retry) {
+               ret = -EAGAIN;
+               goto done;
+       }
 
        state = COMPST_GET_ACK;
 
                        break;
 
                case COMPST_DONE:
-                       if (pkt)
-                               free_pkt(pkt);
                        goto done;
 
                case COMPST_EXIT:
                            qp->qp_timeout_jiffies)
                                mod_timer(&qp->retrans_timer,
                                          jiffies + qp->qp_timeout_jiffies);
-                       goto exit;
+                       ret = -EAGAIN;
+                       goto done;
 
                case COMPST_ERROR_RETRY:
                        /* we come here if the retry timer fired and we did
                         */
 
                        /* there is nothing to retry in this case */
-                       if (!wqe || (wqe->state == wqe_state_posted))
-                               goto exit;
+                       if (!wqe || (wqe->state == wqe_state_posted)) {
+                               pr_warn("Retry attempted without a valid wqe\n");
+                               ret = -EAGAIN;
+                               goto done;
+                       }
 
                        /* if we've started a retry, don't start another
                         * retry sequence, unless this is a timeout.
                         */
                        if (qp->comp.started_retry &&
-                           !qp->comp.timeout_retry) {
-                               if (pkt)
-                                       free_pkt(pkt);
+                           !qp->comp.timeout_retry)
                                goto done;
-                       }
 
                        if (qp->comp.retry_cnt > 0) {
                                if (qp->comp.retry_cnt != 7)
                                        qp->comp.started_retry = 1;
                                        rxe_run_task(&qp->req.task, 0);
                                }
-                               if (pkt)
-                                       free_pkt(pkt);
                                goto done;
 
                        } else {
                                mod_timer(&qp->rnr_nak_timer,
                                          jiffies + rnrnak_jiffies(aeth_syn(pkt)
                                                & ~AETH_TYPE_MASK));
-                               free_pkt(pkt);
-                               goto exit;
+                               ret = -EAGAIN;
+                               goto done;
                        } else {
                                rxe_counter_inc(rxe,
                                                RXE_CNT_RNR_RETRY_EXCEEDED);
                        WARN_ON_ONCE(wqe->status == IB_WC_SUCCESS);
                        do_complete(qp, wqe);
                        rxe_qp_error(qp);
-                       if (pkt)
-                               free_pkt(pkt);
-                       goto exit;
+                       ret = -EAGAIN;
+                       goto done;
                }
        }
 
-exit:
-       /* we come here if we are done with processing and want the task to
-        * exit from the loop calling us
-        */
-       WARN_ON_ONCE(skb);
-       rxe_drop_ref(qp);
-       return -EAGAIN;
-
 done:
-       /* we come here if we have processed a packet we want the task to call
-        * us again to see if there is anything else to do
-        */
-       WARN_ON_ONCE(skb);
+       if (pkt)
+               free_pkt(pkt);
        rxe_drop_ref(qp);
-       return 0;
+
+       return ret;
 }