diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index ff64b1629dbf97e0ec2855a9e1e812ce9ecbf988..6a7003ddb0be19e665220e843391bd148eb8ded4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -1082,6 +1082,11 @@ void ipoib_ib_dev_cleanup(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	ipoib_dbg(priv, "cleaning up ib_dev\n");
+	/*
+	 * We must make sure there are no more (path) completions
+	 * that may wish to touch priv fields that are no longer valid
+	 */
+	ipoib_flush_paths(dev);
 
 	ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(dev, 1);
 	ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(dev);