tmr = rcu_access_pointer(dev->dma_mr);
                if (!tmr) {
-                       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dma_mr, mr);
                        mr->lkey_published = 1;
+                       /* Insure published written first */
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dma_mr, mr);
                        rvt_get_mr(mr);
                }
                goto success;
                mr->lkey |= 1 << 8;
                rkt->gen++;
        }
-       rcu_assign_pointer(rkt->table[r], mr);
        mr->lkey_published = 1;
+       /* Insure published written first */
+       rcu_assign_pointer(rkt->table[r], mr);
 success:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rkt->lock, flags);
 out:
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rkt->lock, flags);
        if (!lkey) {
                if (mr->lkey_published) {
-                       RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->dma_mr, NULL);
+                       mr->lkey_published = 0;
+                       /* insure published is written before pointer */
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->dma_mr, NULL);
                        rvt_put_mr(mr);
                }
        } else {
                if (!mr->lkey_published)
                        goto out;
                r = lkey >> (32 - dev->dparms.lkey_table_size);
-               RCU_INIT_POINTER(rkt->table[r], NULL);
+               mr->lkey_published = 0;
+               /* insure published is written before pointer */
+               rcu_assign_pointer(rkt->table[r], NULL);
        }
-       mr->lkey_published = 0;
        freed++;
 out:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rkt->lock, flags);
-       if (freed) {
-               synchronize_rcu();
+       if (freed)
                percpu_ref_kill(&mr->refcount);
-       }
 }
 
 static struct rvt_mr *__rvt_alloc_mr(int count, struct ib_pd *pd)
                goto ok;
        }
        mr = rcu_dereference(rkt->table[sge->lkey >> rkt->shift]);
-       if (unlikely(!mr || atomic_read(&mr->lkey_invalid) ||
-                    mr->lkey != sge->lkey || mr->pd != &pd->ibpd))
+       if (!mr)
                goto bail;
+       rvt_get_mr(mr);
+       if (!READ_ONCE(mr->lkey_published))
+               goto bail_unref;
+
+       if (unlikely(atomic_read(&mr->lkey_invalid) ||
+                    mr->lkey != sge->lkey || mr->pd != &pd->ibpd))
+               goto bail_unref;
 
        off = sge->addr - mr->user_base;
        if (unlikely(sge->addr < mr->user_base ||
                     off + sge->length > mr->length ||
                     (mr->access_flags & acc) != acc))
-               goto bail;
-       rvt_get_mr(mr);
+               goto bail_unref;
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
        off += mr->offset;
        isge->n = n;
 ok:
        return 1;
+bail_unref:
+       rvt_put_mr(mr);
 bail:
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return 0;
        }
 
        mr = rcu_dereference(rkt->table[rkey >> rkt->shift]);
-       if (unlikely(!mr || atomic_read(&mr->lkey_invalid) ||
-                    mr->lkey != rkey || qp->ibqp.pd != mr->pd))
+       if (!mr)
                goto bail;
+       rvt_get_mr(mr);
+       /* insure mr read is before test */
+       if (!READ_ONCE(mr->lkey_published))
+               goto bail_unref;
+       if (unlikely(atomic_read(&mr->lkey_invalid) ||
+                    mr->lkey != rkey || qp->ibqp.pd != mr->pd))
+               goto bail_unref;
 
        off = vaddr - mr->iova;
        if (unlikely(vaddr < mr->iova || off + len > mr->length ||
                     (mr->access_flags & acc) == 0))
-               goto bail;
-       rvt_get_mr(mr);
+               goto bail_unref;
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
        off += mr->offset;
        sge->n = n;
 ok:
        return 1;
+bail_unref:
+       rvt_put_mr(mr);
 bail:
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return 0;