diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index 3ede103097547d4355646d322b5570ebb421d2ec..989c40940598b4813fbffecbddbee021f222c496 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ void ipoib_dev_cleanup(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_mcast_join_task(struct work_struct *work);
 void ipoib_mcast_carrier_on_task(struct work_struct *work);
 void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, u8 *daddr, struct sk_buff *skb);
-void ipoib_mcast_free(struct ipoib_mcast *mc);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(struct work_struct *work);
 int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -549,7 +548,7 @@ void ipoib_path_iter_read(struct ipoib_path_iter *iter,
 
 int ipoib_mcast_attach(struct net_device *dev, u16 mlid,
 		       union ib_gid *mgid, int set_qkey);
-int ipoib_mcast_leave(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast);
+void ipoib_mcast_remove_list(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *remove_list);
 struct ipoib_mcast *__ipoib_mcast_find(struct net_device *dev, void *mgid);
 
 int ipoib_init_qp(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 58732c531ad6731d23e7713560c29299edbda07b..4abc9990b3c339a2bdeef85b43d1f4184d01c86c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static void __ipoib_reap_neigh(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int i;
 	LIST_HEAD(remove_list);
-	struct ipoib_mcast *mcast, *tmcast;
+	struct ipoib_mcast *mcast;
 	struct net_device *dev = priv->dev;
 
 	if (test_bit(IPOIB_STOP_NEIGH_GC, &priv->flags))
@@ -1207,10 +1207,7 @@ static void __ipoib_reap_neigh(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv)
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast, &remove_list, list) {
-		ipoib_mcast_leave(dev, mcast);
-		ipoib_mcast_free(mcast);
-	}
+	ipoib_mcast_remove_list(dev, &remove_list);
 }
 
 static void ipoib_reap_neigh(struct work_struct *work)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index f357ca67a41cd859b2ff5e704621f72813b91fa8..8acb420a4d472ca4adad263e1ea3d4db38463976 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void __ipoib_mcast_schedule_join_thread(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv,
 		queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &priv->mcast_task, 0);
 }
 
-void ipoib_mcast_free(struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
+static void ipoib_mcast_free(struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = mcast->dev;
 	int tx_dropped = 0;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ipoib_mcast_leave(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
+static int ipoib_mcast_leave(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ int ipoib_mcast_leave(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void ipoib_mcast_remove_list(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *remove_list)
+{
+	struct ipoib_mcast *mcast, *tmcast;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast, remove_list, list) {
+		ipoib_mcast_leave(dev, mcast);
+		ipoib_mcast_free(mcast);
+	}
+}
+
 void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, u8 *daddr, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -810,10 +820,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(struct net_device *dev)
 		if (test_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags))
 			wait_for_completion(&mcast->done);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast, &remove_list, list) {
-		ipoib_mcast_leave(dev, mcast);
-		ipoib_mcast_free(mcast);
-	}
+	ipoib_mcast_remove_list(dev, &remove_list);
 }
 
 static int ipoib_mcast_addr_is_valid(const u8 *addr, const u8 *broadcast)
@@ -939,10 +946,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (test_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags))
 			wait_for_completion(&mcast->done);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(mcast, tmcast, &remove_list, list) {
-		ipoib_mcast_leave(mcast->dev, mcast);
-		ipoib_mcast_free(mcast);
-	}
+	ipoib_mcast_remove_list(mcast->dev, &remove_list);
 
 	/*
 	 * Double check that we are still up