#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_user_verbs.h>
 
 struct ib_uverbs_device {
        struct kref                             ref;
+       struct completion                       comp;
        int                                     devnum;
        struct cdev                            *dev;
        struct class_device                    *class_dev;
 
        struct ib_uverbs_device *dev =
                container_of(ref, struct ib_uverbs_device, ref);
 
-       kfree(dev);
+       complete(&dev->comp);
 }
 
 void ib_uverbs_release_ucq(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
                return;
 
        kref_init(&uverbs_dev->ref);
+       init_completion(&uverbs_dev->comp);
 
        spin_lock(&map_lock);
        uverbs_dev->devnum = find_first_zero_bit(dev_map, IB_UVERBS_MAX_DEVICES);
 
 err:
        kref_put(&uverbs_dev->ref, ib_uverbs_release_dev);
+       wait_for_completion(&uverbs_dev->comp);
+       kfree(uverbs_dev);
        return;
 }
 
        spin_unlock(&map_lock);
 
        clear_bit(uverbs_dev->devnum, dev_map);
+
        kref_put(&uverbs_dev->ref, ib_uverbs_release_dev);
+       wait_for_completion(&uverbs_dev->comp);
+       kfree(uverbs_dev);
 }
 
 static int uverbs_event_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,