diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
index 3cb4febaad0fa..8def88cfa3009 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ struct qedr_qp {
 	/* synchronization objects used with iwarp ep */
 	struct kref refcnt;
 	struct completion iwarp_cm_comp;
+	struct completion qp_rel_comp;
 	unsigned long iwarp_cm_flags; /* enum iwarp_cm_flags */
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
index 1715fbe0719d8..a51fc68549844 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void qedr_iw_free_qp(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct qedr_qp *qp = container_of(ref, struct qedr_qp, refcnt);
 
-	kfree(qp);
+	complete(&qp->qp_rel_comp);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
index 3fbf172dbbef4..dcb3653db72d7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
@@ -1357,6 +1357,7 @@ static void qedr_set_common_qp_params(struct qedr_dev *dev,
 	if (rdma_protocol_iwarp(&dev->ibdev, 1)) {
 		kref_init(&qp->refcnt);
 		init_completion(&qp->iwarp_cm_comp);
+		init_completion(&qp->qp_rel_comp);
 	}
 
 	qp->pd = pd;
@@ -2857,8 +2858,10 @@ int qedr_destroy_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_udata *udata)
 
 	qedr_free_qp_resources(dev, qp, udata);
 
-	if (rdma_protocol_iwarp(&dev->ibdev, 1))
+	if (rdma_protocol_iwarp(&dev->ibdev, 1)) {
 		qedr_iw_qp_rem_ref(&qp->ibqp);
+		wait_for_completion(&qp->qp_rel_comp);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }