diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
index a3a7b33196d6..9f471672e2d5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 	u8 opcode, sc, vl;
 	u16 pkey;
 	u32 slid;
-	int req_queued = 0;
 	u16 dlid;
 	u32 selector;
 
@@ -392,7 +391,6 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 	req->data_len  = 0;
 	req->pq = pq;
 	req->cq = cq;
-	req->status = -1;
 	req->ahg_idx = -1;
 	req->iov_idx = 0;
 	req->sent = 0;
@@ -400,12 +398,14 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 	req->seqcomp = 0;
 	req->seqsubmitted = 0;
 	req->tids = NULL;
-	req->done = 0;
 	req->has_error = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->txps);
 
 	memcpy(&req->info, &info, sizeof(info));
 
+	/* The request is initialized, count it */
+	atomic_inc(&pq->n_reqs);
+
 	if (req_opcode(info.ctrl) == EXPECTED) {
 		/* expected must have a TID info and at least one data vector */
 		if (req->data_iovs < 2) {
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 		ret = pin_vector_pages(req, &req->iovs[i]);
 		if (ret) {
 			req->data_iovs = i;
-			req->status = ret;
 			goto free_req;
 		}
 		req->data_len += req->iovs[i].iov.iov_len;
@@ -561,14 +560,10 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 		req->ahg_idx = sdma_ahg_alloc(req->sde);
 
 	set_comp_state(pq, cq, info.comp_idx, QUEUED, 0);
-	atomic_inc(&pq->n_reqs);
-	req_queued = 1;
 	/* Send the first N packets in the request to buy us some time */
 	ret = user_sdma_send_pkts(req, pcount);
-	if (unlikely(ret < 0 && ret != -EBUSY)) {
-		req->status = ret;
+	if (unlikely(ret < 0 && ret != -EBUSY))
 		goto free_req;
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * It is possible that the SDMA engine would have processed all the
@@ -588,14 +583,8 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 	while (req->seqsubmitted != req->info.npkts) {
 		ret = user_sdma_send_pkts(req, pcount);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -EBUSY) {
-				req->status = ret;
-				WRITE_ONCE(req->has_error, 1);
-				if (READ_ONCE(req->seqcomp) ==
-				    req->seqsubmitted - 1)
-					goto free_req;
-				return ret;
-			}
+			if (ret != -EBUSY)
+				goto free_req;
 			wait_event_interruptible_timeout(
 				pq->busy.wait_dma,
 				(pq->state == SDMA_PKT_Q_ACTIVE),
@@ -606,10 +595,19 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct hfi1_filedata *fd,
 	*count += idx;
 	return 0;
 free_req:
-	user_sdma_free_request(req, true);
-	if (req_queued)
+	/*
+	 * If the submitted seqsubmitted == npkts, the completion routine
+	 * controls the final state.  If sequbmitted < npkts, wait for any
+	 * outstanding packets to finish before cleaning up.
+	 */
+	if (req->seqsubmitted < req->info.npkts) {
+		if (req->seqsubmitted)
+			wait_event(pq->busy.wait_dma,
+				   (req->seqcomp == req->seqsubmitted - 1));
+		user_sdma_free_request(req, true);
 		pq_update(pq);
-	set_comp_state(pq, cq, info.comp_idx, ERROR, req->status);
+		set_comp_state(pq, cq, info.comp_idx, ERROR, ret);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -917,7 +915,6 @@ static int user_sdma_send_pkts(struct user_sdma_request *req, unsigned maxpkts)
 	ret = sdma_send_txlist(req->sde, &pq->busy, &req->txps, &count);
 	req->seqsubmitted += count;
 	if (req->seqsubmitted == req->info.npkts) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(req->done, 1);
 		/*
 		 * The txreq has already been submitted to the HW queue
 		 * so we can free the AHG entry now. Corruption will not
@@ -1365,11 +1362,15 @@ static int set_txreq_header_ahg(struct user_sdma_request *req,
 	return idx;
 }
 
-/*
- * SDMA tx request completion callback. Called when the SDMA progress
- * state machine gets notification that the SDMA descriptors for this
- * tx request have been processed by the DMA engine. Called in
- * interrupt context.
+/**
+ * user_sdma_txreq_cb() - SDMA tx request completion callback.
+ * @txreq: valid sdma tx request
+ * @status: success/failure of request
+ *
+ * Called when the SDMA progress state machine gets notification that
+ * the SDMA descriptors for this tx request have been processed by the
+ * DMA engine. Called in interrupt context.
+ * Only do work on completed sequences.
  */
 static void user_sdma_txreq_cb(struct sdma_txreq *txreq, int status)
 {
@@ -1378,7 +1379,7 @@ static void user_sdma_txreq_cb(struct sdma_txreq *txreq, int status)
 	struct user_sdma_request *req;
 	struct hfi1_user_sdma_pkt_q *pq;
 	struct hfi1_user_sdma_comp_q *cq;
-	u16 idx;
+	enum hfi1_sdma_comp_state state = COMPLETE;
 
 	if (!tx->req)
 		return;
@@ -1391,31 +1392,19 @@ static void user_sdma_txreq_cb(struct sdma_txreq *txreq, int status)
 		SDMA_DBG(req, "SDMA completion with error %d",
 			 status);
 		WRITE_ONCE(req->has_error, 1);
+		state = ERROR;
 	}
 
 	req->seqcomp = tx->seqnum;
 	kmem_cache_free(pq->txreq_cache, tx);
-	tx = NULL;
 
-	idx = req->info.comp_idx;
-	if (req->status == -1 && status == SDMA_TXREQ_S_OK) {
-		if (req->seqcomp == req->info.npkts - 1) {
-			req->status = 0;
-			user_sdma_free_request(req, false);
-			pq_update(pq);
-			set_comp_state(pq, cq, idx, COMPLETE, 0);
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (status != SDMA_TXREQ_S_OK)
-			req->status = status;
-		if (req->seqcomp == (READ_ONCE(req->seqsubmitted) - 1) &&
-		    (READ_ONCE(req->done) ||
-		     READ_ONCE(req->has_error))) {
-			user_sdma_free_request(req, false);
-			pq_update(pq);
-			set_comp_state(pq, cq, idx, ERROR, req->status);
-		}
-	}
+	/* sequence isn't complete?  We are done */
+	if (req->seqcomp != req->info.npkts - 1)
+		return;
+
+	user_sdma_free_request(req, false);
+	set_comp_state(pq, cq, req->info.comp_idx, state, status);
+	pq_update(pq);
 }
 
 static inline void pq_update(struct hfi1_user_sdma_pkt_q *pq)
@@ -1448,6 +1437,8 @@ static void user_sdma_free_request(struct user_sdma_request *req, bool unpin)
 		if (!node)
 			continue;
 
+		req->iovs[i].node = NULL;
+
 		if (unpin)
 			hfi1_mmu_rb_remove(req->pq->handler,
 					   &node->rb);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.h
index d2bc77f75253..0ae06456c868 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.h
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ struct user_sdma_request {
 	/* Writeable fields shared with interrupt */
 	u64 seqcomp ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 	u64 seqsubmitted;
-	/* status of the last txreq completed */
-	int status;
 
 	/* Send side fields */
 	struct list_head txps ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
@@ -228,7 +226,6 @@ struct user_sdma_request {
 	u16 tididx;
 	/* progress index moving along the iovs array */
 	u8 iov_idx;
-	u8 done;
 	u8 has_error;
 
 	struct user_sdma_iovec iovs[MAX_VECTORS_PER_REQ];