* FIXME: rework the registration code path to differentiate
         * rkey/lkey use cases
         */
-       reg->rkey = device->mr ? device->mr->rkey : 0;
+
+       if (device->pd->flags & IB_PD_UNSAFE_GLOBAL_RKEY)
+               reg->rkey = device->pd->unsafe_global_rkey;
+       else
+               reg->rkey = 0;
        reg->sge.addr = ib_sg_dma_address(device->ib_device, &sg[0]);
        reg->sge.length = ib_sg_dma_len(device->ib_device, &sg[0]);
 
 
                  device->comps_used, ib_dev->name,
                  ib_dev->num_comp_vectors, max_cqe);
 
-       device->pd = ib_alloc_pd(ib_dev, 0);
+       device->pd = ib_alloc_pd(ib_dev,
+               iser_always_reg ? 0 : IB_PD_UNSAFE_GLOBAL_RKEY);
        if (IS_ERR(device->pd))
                goto pd_err;
 
                }
        }
 
-       if (!iser_always_reg) {
-               int access = IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE |
-                            IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_WRITE |
-                            IB_ACCESS_REMOTE_READ;
-
-               device->mr = ib_get_dma_mr(device->pd, access);
-               if (IS_ERR(device->mr))
-                       goto cq_err;
-       }
-
        INIT_IB_EVENT_HANDLER(&device->event_handler, ib_dev,
                              iser_event_handler);
        if (ib_register_event_handler(&device->event_handler))
-               goto handler_err;
+               goto cq_err;
 
        return 0;
 
-handler_err:
-       if (device->mr)
-               ib_dereg_mr(device->mr);
 cq_err:
        for (i = 0; i < device->comps_used; i++) {
                struct iser_comp *comp = &device->comps[i];
        }
 
        (void)ib_unregister_event_handler(&device->event_handler);
-       if (device->mr)
-               (void)ib_dereg_mr(device->mr);
        ib_dealloc_pd(device->pd);
 
        kfree(device->comps);
        device->comps = NULL;
-
-       device->mr = NULL;
        device->pd = NULL;
 }