return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * __rxe_cleanup_mca - cleanup mca object holding lock
+ * @mca: mca object
+ * @mcg: mcg object
+ *
+ * Context: caller must hold a reference to mcg and rxe->mcg_lock
+ */
+static void __rxe_cleanup_mca(struct rxe_mca *mca, struct rxe_mcg *mcg)
+{
+       list_del(&mca->qp_list);
+
+       atomic_dec(&mcg->qp_num);
+       atomic_dec(&mcg->rxe->mcg_attach);
+       atomic_dec(&mca->qp->mcg_num);
+       rxe_drop_ref(mca->qp);
+
+       kfree(mca);
+}
+
 static int rxe_detach_mcg(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_qp *qp,
                                   union ib_gid *mgid)
 {
        struct rxe_mcg *mcg;
        struct rxe_mca *mca, *tmp;
        unsigned long flags;
-       int err;
 
        mcg = rxe_lookup_mcg(rxe, mgid);
        if (!mcg)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rxe->mcg_lock, flags);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(mca, tmp, &mcg->qp_list, qp_list) {
                if (mca->qp == qp) {
-                       list_del(&mca->qp_list);
-                       atomic_dec(&qp->mcg_num);
-                       atomic_dec(&rxe->mcg_attach);
-                       rxe_drop_ref(qp);
+                       __rxe_cleanup_mca(mca, mcg);
 
                        /* if the number of qp's attached to the
                         * mcast group falls to zero go ahead and
                         * tear it down. This will not free the
                         * object since we are still holding a ref
-                        * from the get key above.
+                        * from the get key above
                         */
-                       if (atomic_dec_return(&mcg->qp_num) <= 0)
+                       if (atomic_read(&mcg->qp_num) <= 0)
                                __rxe_destroy_mcg(mcg);
 
                        /* drop the ref from get key. This will free the
                         * object if qp_num is zero.
                         */
                        kref_put(&mcg->ref_cnt, rxe_cleanup_mcg);
-                       kfree(mca);
-                       err = 0;
-                       goto out_unlock;
+
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rxe->mcg_lock, flags);
+                       return 0;
                }
        }
 
        /* we didn't find the qp on the list */
-       kref_put(&mcg->ref_cnt, rxe_cleanup_mcg);
-       err = -EINVAL;
-
-out_unlock:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rxe->mcg_lock, flags);
-       return err;
+       return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 int rxe_attach_mcast(struct ib_qp *ibqp, union ib_gid *mgid, u16 mlid)