diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 773d010a249c38639b572ca69c51e8374b960b01..6bfef31f6b1e8c536e81d1d830ccd452b8420412 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -968,13 +968,14 @@ static int act_establish(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void close_complete_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
+static void close_complete_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int status)
 {
 	struct iw_cm_event event;
 
 	PDBG("%s ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep, ep->hwtid);
 	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
 	event.event = IW_CM_EVENT_CLOSE;
+	event.status = status;
 	if (ep->com.cm_id) {
 		PDBG("close complete delivered ep %p cm_id %p tid %u\n",
 		     ep, ep->com.cm_id, ep->hwtid);
@@ -988,7 +989,6 @@ static void close_complete_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
 static int abort_connection(struct c4iw_ep *ep, struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	PDBG("%s ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep, ep->hwtid);
-	close_complete_upcall(ep);
 	state_set(&ep->com, ABORTING);
 	set_bit(ABORT_CONN, &ep->com.history);
 	return send_abort(ep, skb, gfp);
@@ -1067,9 +1067,10 @@ static void connect_reply_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int status)
 	}
 }
 
-static void connect_request_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
+static int connect_request_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
 {
 	struct iw_cm_event event;
+	int ret;
 
 	PDBG("%s ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep, ep->hwtid);
 	memset(&event, 0, sizeof(event));
@@ -1094,15 +1095,14 @@ static void connect_request_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
 		event.private_data_len = ep->plen;
 		event.private_data = ep->mpa_pkt + sizeof(struct mpa_message);
 	}
-	if (state_read(&ep->parent_ep->com) != DEAD) {
-		c4iw_get_ep(&ep->com);
-		ep->parent_ep->com.cm_id->event_handler(
-						ep->parent_ep->com.cm_id,
-						&event);
-	}
+	c4iw_get_ep(&ep->com);
+	ret = ep->parent_ep->com.cm_id->event_handler(ep->parent_ep->com.cm_id,
+						      &event);
+	if (ret)
+		c4iw_put_ep(&ep->com);
 	set_bit(CONNREQ_UPCALL, &ep->com.history);
 	c4iw_put_ep(&ep->parent_ep->com);
-	ep->parent_ep = NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void established_upcall(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
@@ -1401,7 +1401,6 @@ static void process_mpa_request(struct c4iw_ep *ep, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return;
 
 	PDBG("%s enter (%s line %u)\n", __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-	stop_ep_timer(ep);
 	mpa = (struct mpa_message *) ep->mpa_pkt;
 
 	/*
@@ -1494,9 +1493,17 @@ static void process_mpa_request(struct c4iw_ep *ep, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	     ep->mpa_attr.p2p_type);
 
 	state_set(&ep->com, MPA_REQ_RCVD);
+	stop_ep_timer(ep);
 
 	/* drive upcall */
-	connect_request_upcall(ep);
+	mutex_lock(&ep->parent_ep->com.mutex);
+	if (ep->parent_ep->com.state != DEAD) {
+		if (connect_request_upcall(ep))
+			abort_connection(ep, skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	} else {
+		abort_connection(ep, skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&ep->parent_ep->com.mutex);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -2247,7 +2254,7 @@ static int peer_close(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			c4iw_modify_qp(ep->com.qp->rhp, ep->com.qp,
 				       C4IW_QP_ATTR_NEXT_STATE, &attrs, 1);
 		}
-		close_complete_upcall(ep);
+		close_complete_upcall(ep, 0);
 		__state_set(&ep->com, DEAD);
 		release = 1;
 		disconnect = 0;
@@ -2426,7 +2433,7 @@ static int close_con_rpl(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 					     C4IW_QP_ATTR_NEXT_STATE,
 					     &attrs, 1);
 		}
-		close_complete_upcall(ep);
+		close_complete_upcall(ep, 0);
 		__state_set(&ep->com, DEAD);
 		release = 1;
 		break;
@@ -2981,7 +2988,7 @@ int c4iw_ep_disconnect(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int abrupt, gfp_t gfp)
 	rdev = &ep->com.dev->rdev;
 	if (c4iw_fatal_error(rdev)) {
 		fatal = 1;
-		close_complete_upcall(ep);
+		close_complete_upcall(ep, -EIO);
 		ep->com.state = DEAD;
 	}
 	switch (ep->com.state) {
@@ -3023,7 +3030,7 @@ int c4iw_ep_disconnect(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int abrupt, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (close) {
 		if (abrupt) {
 			set_bit(EP_DISC_ABORT, &ep->com.history);
-			close_complete_upcall(ep);
+			close_complete_upcall(ep, -ECONNRESET);
 			ret = send_abort(ep, NULL, gfp);
 		} else {
 			set_bit(EP_DISC_CLOSE, &ep->com.history);
@@ -3435,6 +3442,7 @@ static void process_timeout(struct c4iw_ep *ep)
 				     &attrs, 1);
 		}
 		__state_set(&ep->com, ABORTING);
+		close_complete_upcall(ep, -ETIMEDOUT);
 		break;
 	default:
 		WARN(1, "%s unexpected state ep %p tid %u state %u\n",