diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
index 4109913c20a7265d68b555857bbba4b8920cf13f..f647918db62bedc0b24418b70075175f147cffea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
@@ -1824,6 +1824,12 @@ static void cleanup_device(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
 				  dd->ipath_pioavailregs_phys);
 		dd->ipath_pioavailregs_dma = NULL;
 	}
+	if (dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq) {
+		dma_free_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev,
+			dd->ipath_pd[0]->port_rcvhdrq_size,
+			dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq, dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys);
+		dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (dd->ipath_pageshadow) {
 		struct page **tmpp = dd->ipath_pageshadow;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
index e89d3a17acd9befd56ee23d1f88e80ab7f6939d5..51a609d470877c2b2ad42c085198d1f6cc996405 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
@@ -1486,42 +1486,51 @@ static int ipath_close(struct inode *in, struct file *fp)
 	}
 
 	if (dd->ipath_kregbase) {
-		ipath_write_kreg_port(
-			dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdrtailaddr,
-			port, 0ULL);
-		ipath_write_kreg_port(
-			dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdraddr,
-			pd->port_port, 0);
+		int i;
+		/* atomically clear receive enable port. */
+		clear_bit(INFINIPATH_R_PORTENABLE_SHIFT + port,
+			  &dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
+		ipath_write_kreg( dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvctrl,
+			dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
+		/* and read back from chip to be sure that nothing
+		 * else is in flight when we do the rest */
+		(void)ipath_read_kreg64(dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_scratch);
 
 		/* clean up the pkeys for this port user */
 		ipath_clean_part_key(pd, dd);
 
-		if (port < dd->ipath_cfgports) {
-			int i = dd->ipath_pbufsport * (port - 1);
-			ipath_disarm_piobufs(dd, i, dd->ipath_pbufsport);
 
-			/* atomically clear receive enable port. */
-			clear_bit(INFINIPATH_R_PORTENABLE_SHIFT + port,
-				  &dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
-			ipath_write_kreg(
-				dd,
-				dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvctrl,
-				dd->ipath_rcvctrl);
-
-			if (dd->ipath_pageshadow)
-				unlock_expected_tids(pd);
-			ipath_stats.sps_ports--;
-			ipath_cdbg(PROC, "%s[%u] closed port %u:%u\n",
-				   pd->port_comm, pd->port_pid,
-				   dd->ipath_unit, port);
-		}
+		/*
+		 * be paranoid, and never write 0's to these, just use an
+		 * unused part of the port 0 tail page.  Of course,
+		 * rcvhdraddr points to a large chunk of memory, so this
+		 * could still trash things, but at least it won't trash
+		 * page 0, and by disabling the port, it should stop "soon",
+		 * even if a packet or two is in already in flight after we
+		 * disabled the port.
+		 */
+		ipath_write_kreg_port(dd,
+		        dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdrtailaddr, port,
+			dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys);
+		ipath_write_kreg_port(dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_rcvhdraddr,
+			pd->port_port, dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys);
+
+		i = dd->ipath_pbufsport * (port - 1);
+		ipath_disarm_piobufs(dd, i, dd->ipath_pbufsport);
+
+		if (dd->ipath_pageshadow)
+			unlock_expected_tids(pd);
+		ipath_stats.sps_ports--;
+		ipath_cdbg(PROC, "%s[%u] closed port %u:%u\n",
+			   pd->port_comm, pd->port_pid,
+			   dd->ipath_unit, port);
+
+		dd->ipath_f_clear_tids(dd, pd->port_port);
 	}
 
 	pd->port_cnt = 0;
 	pd->port_pid = 0;
 
-	dd->ipath_f_clear_tids(dd, pd->port_port);
-
 	dd->ipath_pd[pd->port_port] = NULL; /* before releasing mutex */
 	mutex_unlock(&ipath_mutex);
 	ipath_free_pddata(dd, pd); /* after releasing the mutex */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
index 9faa201abe8e22a66524fe4037e9c5148e7b3b5a..ff322e5c14c8a409a2696566fae1d4253115d1a6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ int ipath_init_chip(struct ipath_devdata *dd, int reinit)
 	u32 val32, kpiobufs;
 	u64 val;
 	struct ipath_portdata *pd = NULL; /* keep gcc4 happy */
+	gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_USER | __GFP_COMP;
 
 	ret = init_housekeeping(dd, &pd, reinit);
 	if (ret)
@@ -834,6 +835,22 @@ int ipath_init_chip(struct ipath_devdata *dd, int reinit)
 	else
 		enable_chip(dd, pd, reinit);
 
+
+	if (!ret && !reinit) {
+	    /* used when we close a port, for DMA already in flight at close */
+		dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq = dma_alloc_coherent(
+			&dd->pcidev->dev, pd->port_rcvhdrq_size,
+			&dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys,
+			gfp_flags);
+		if (!dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq ) {
+			dev_info(&dd->pcidev->dev,
+				"Couldn't allocate 0x%lx bytes for dummy hdrq\n",
+				pd->port_rcvhdrq_size);
+			/* fallback to just 0'ing */
+			dd->ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys = 0UL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * cause retrigger of pending interrupts ignored during init,
 	 * even if we had errors
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
index 00a6bbdbe95715605b0e1da0f7bf4d6945f1df83..e9f374fb641ef6f1c8e0870e9e47551bc623188f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ struct ipath_devdata {
 	/* check for stale messages in rcv queue */
 	/* only allow one intr at a time. */
 	unsigned long ipath_rcv_pending;
+	void *ipath_dummy_hdrq;	/* used after port close */
+	dma_addr_t ipath_dummy_hdrq_phys;
 
 	/*
 	 * Shadow copies of registers; size indicates read access size.