return; /* Ignore it, wait for close complete */
 
                        if (atomic_inc_return(&nesqp->close_timer_started) == 1) {
+                               if ((tcp_state == NES_AEQE_TCP_STATE_CLOSE_WAIT) &&
+                                       (nesqp->ibqp_state == IB_QPS_RTS)) {
+                                       spin_lock_irqsave(&nesqp->lock, flags);
+                                       nesqp->hw_iwarp_state = iwarp_state;
+                                       nesqp->hw_tcp_state = tcp_state;
+                                       nesqp->last_aeq = async_event_id;
+                                       next_iwarp_state = NES_CQP_QP_IWARP_STATE_CLOSING;
+                                       nesqp->hw_iwarp_state = NES_AEQE_IWARP_STATE_CLOSING;
+                                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesqp->lock, flags);
+                                       nes_hw_modify_qp(nesdev, nesqp, next_iwarp_state, 0, 0);
+                                       nes_cm_disconn(nesqp);
+                               }
                                nesqp->cm_id->add_ref(nesqp->cm_id);
                                schedule_nes_timer(nesqp->cm_node, (struct sk_buff *)nesqp,
                                                NES_TIMER_TYPE_CLOSE, 1, 0);
                                                nesqp->hwqp.qp_id, atomic_read(&nesqp->refcount),
                                                async_event_id, nesqp->last_aeq, tcp_state);
                        }
-
                        break;
                case NES_AEQE_AEID_LLP_CLOSE_COMPLETE:
                        if (nesqp->term_flags) {