diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index 3d9bce4bfcc7ac26c7b60d5a002881d3face49c9..afdf3ef8c06939aa976af97d8b87b6ba6452bd3a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ static int hfi1_file_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp)
 	/* release the cpu */
 	hfi1_put_proc_affinity(fdata->rec_cpu_num);
 
+	/* clean up rcv side */
+	hfi1_user_exp_rcv_free(fdata);
+
 	/*
 	 * Clear any left over, unhandled events so the next process that
 	 * gets this context doesn't get confused.
@@ -795,7 +798,7 @@ static int hfi1_file_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp)
 
 	dd->rcd[uctxt->ctxt] = NULL;
 
-	hfi1_user_exp_rcv_free(fdata);
+	hfi1_user_exp_rcv_grp_free(uctxt);
 	hfi1_clear_ctxt_pkey(dd, uctxt->ctxt);
 
 	uctxt->rcvwait_to = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
index 35c6e7ec8ad6beb311b9e8177a09c40ff82b351d..c7f13df471c421a189b6b466630d82f60af5231e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
@@ -252,36 +252,40 @@ int hfi1_user_exp_rcv_init(struct file *fp)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void hfi1_user_exp_rcv_grp_free(struct hfi1_ctxtdata *uctxt)
+{
+	struct tid_group *grp, *gptr;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(grp, gptr, &uctxt->tid_group_list.list,
+				 list) {
+		list_del_init(&grp->list);
+		kfree(grp);
+	}
+	hfi1_clear_tids(uctxt);
+}
+
 int hfi1_user_exp_rcv_free(struct hfi1_filedata *fd)
 {
 	struct hfi1_ctxtdata *uctxt = fd->uctxt;
-	struct tid_group *grp, *gptr;
 
-	if (!test_bit(HFI1_CTXT_SETUP_DONE, &uctxt->event_flags))
-		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * The notifier would have been removed when the process'es mm
 	 * was freed.
 	 */
-	if (fd->handler)
+	if (fd->handler) {
 		hfi1_mmu_rb_unregister(fd->handler);
-
-	kfree(fd->invalid_tids);
-
-	if (!uctxt->cnt) {
+	} else {
 		if (!EXP_TID_SET_EMPTY(uctxt->tid_full_list))
 			unlock_exp_tids(uctxt, &uctxt->tid_full_list, fd);
 		if (!EXP_TID_SET_EMPTY(uctxt->tid_used_list))
 			unlock_exp_tids(uctxt, &uctxt->tid_used_list, fd);
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(grp, gptr, &uctxt->tid_group_list.list,
-					 list) {
-			list_del_init(&grp->list);
-			kfree(grp);
-		}
-		hfi1_clear_tids(uctxt);
 	}
 
+	kfree(fd->invalid_tids);
+	fd->invalid_tids = NULL;
+
 	kfree(fd->entry_to_rb);
+	fd->entry_to_rb = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.h
index 9bc8d9fba87ee1dc00156483fc615c412a5fe575..d1d7d3d3bd44b5a867a527365b42f9d85486b7ef 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 		(tid) |= EXP_TID_SET(field, (value));			\
 	} while (0)
 
+void hfi1_user_exp_rcv_grp_free(struct hfi1_ctxtdata *uctxt);
 int hfi1_user_exp_rcv_init(struct file *);
 int hfi1_user_exp_rcv_free(struct hfi1_filedata *);
 int hfi1_user_exp_rcv_setup(struct file *, struct hfi1_tid_info *);