diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index e319d91f60a609be13d3e18c94df9477207178c6..2bf5116deec41d7109b1b6b3b6ccc141ae3ac052 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -604,8 +604,11 @@ static void neigh_add_path(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 					   skb_queue_len(&neigh->queue));
 				goto err_drop;
 			}
-		} else
+		} else {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 			ipoib_send(dev, skb, path->ah, IPOIB_QPN(skb_dst(skb)->neighbour->ha));
+			return;
+		}
 	} else {
 		neigh->ah  = NULL;
 
@@ -688,7 +691,9 @@ static void unicast_arp_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		ipoib_dbg(priv, "Send unicast ARP to %04x\n",
 			  be16_to_cpu(path->pathrec.dlid));
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 		ipoib_send(dev, skb, path->ah, IPOIB_QPN(phdr->hwaddr));
+		return;
 	} else if ((path->query || !path_rec_start(dev, path)) &&
 		   skb_queue_len(&path->queue) < IPOIB_MAX_PATH_REC_QUEUE) {
 		/* put pseudoheader back on for next time */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index a0e97532e7140f422fbd1e40b1a57626f8e2396b..a0825fe451e051c320b9bc78a509b893364cdc52 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, void *mgid, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			}
 		}
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 		ipoib_send(dev, skb, mcast->ah, IB_MULTICAST_QPN);
+		return;
 	}
 
 unlock: