diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
index 4469592b839d03..137d6c0c49d410 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
@@ -824,9 +824,9 @@ void rxe_qp_destroy(struct rxe_qp *qp)
 }
 
 /* called when the last reference to the qp is dropped */
-void rxe_qp_cleanup(struct rxe_pool_entry *arg)
+static void rxe_qp_do_cleanup(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct rxe_qp *qp = container_of(arg, typeof(*qp), pelem);
+	struct rxe_qp *qp = container_of(work, typeof(*qp), cleanup_work.work);
 
 	rxe_drop_all_mcast_groups(qp);
 
@@ -859,3 +859,11 @@ void rxe_qp_cleanup(struct rxe_pool_entry *arg)
 	kernel_sock_shutdown(qp->sk, SHUT_RDWR);
 	sock_release(qp->sk);
 }
+
+/* called when the last reference to the qp is dropped */
+void rxe_qp_cleanup(struct rxe_pool_entry *arg)
+{
+	struct rxe_qp *qp = container_of(arg, typeof(*qp), pelem);
+
+	execute_in_process_context(rxe_qp_do_cleanup, &qp->cleanup_work);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
index 0c2dbe45c729d9..1019f5e7dbddd2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define RXE_VERBS_H
 
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h>
 #include "rxe_pool.h"
 #include "rxe_task.h"
@@ -281,6 +282,8 @@ struct rxe_qp {
 	struct timer_list rnr_nak_timer;
 
 	spinlock_t		state_lock; /* guard requester and completer */
+
+	struct execute_work	cleanup_work;
 };
 
 enum rxe_mem_state {