diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
index 238d6a357aac2..0688928cf2b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ enum copy_direction {
 	from_mem_obj,
 };
 
-int rxe_mem_init_dma(struct rxe_pd *pd,
-		     int access, struct rxe_mem *mem);
+void rxe_mem_init_dma(struct rxe_pd *pd,
+		      int access, struct rxe_mem *mem);
 
 int rxe_mem_init_user(struct rxe_pd *pd, u64 start,
 		      u64 length, u64 iova, int access, struct ib_udata *udata,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
index a63cb5fac01ff..cdd811a45120f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ static int rxe_mem_alloc(struct rxe_mem *mem, int num_buf)
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-int rxe_mem_init_dma(struct rxe_pd *pd,
-		     int access, struct rxe_mem *mem)
+void rxe_mem_init_dma(struct rxe_pd *pd,
+		      int access, struct rxe_mem *mem)
 {
 	rxe_mem_init(access, mem);
 
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ int rxe_mem_init_dma(struct rxe_pd *pd,
 	mem->access		= access;
 	mem->state		= RXE_MEM_STATE_VALID;
 	mem->type		= RXE_MEM_TYPE_DMA;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int rxe_mem_init_user(struct rxe_pd *pd, u64 start,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 0472df52d36d6..0f5b3c062f329 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -901,30 +901,16 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_get_dma_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, int access)
 	struct rxe_dev *rxe = to_rdev(ibpd->device);
 	struct rxe_pd *pd = to_rpd(ibpd);
 	struct rxe_mem *mr;
-	int err;
 
 	mr = rxe_alloc(&rxe->mr_pool);
-	if (!mr) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err1;
-	}
+	if (!mr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	rxe_add_index(mr);
-
 	rxe_add_ref(pd);
-
-	err = rxe_mem_init_dma(pd, access, mr);
-	if (err)
-		goto err2;
+	rxe_mem_init_dma(pd, access, mr);
 
 	return &mr->ibmr;
-
-err2:
-	rxe_drop_ref(pd);
-	rxe_drop_index(mr);
-	rxe_drop_ref(mr);
-err1:
-	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 static struct ib_mr *rxe_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd,