diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
index dbab9d9cc288c7edb296ab25d890d3d79c93ef22..a49cc88f08a2aa6b063903fa88291c070849143e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/debugfs.c
@@ -223,28 +223,32 @@ DEBUGFS_SEQ_FILE_OPEN(ctx_stats)
 DEBUGFS_FILE_OPS(ctx_stats);
 
 static void *_qp_stats_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
-__acquires(RCU)
+	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	struct qp_iter *iter;
 	loff_t n = *pos;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	iter = qp_iter_init(s->private);
+
+	/* stop calls rcu_read_unlock */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
 	if (!iter)
 		return NULL;
 
-	while (n--) {
+	do {
 		if (qp_iter_next(iter)) {
 			kfree(iter);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-	}
+	} while (n--);
 
 	return iter;
 }
 
 static void *_qp_stats_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr,
 				loff_t *pos)
+	__must_hold(RCU)
 {
 	struct qp_iter *iter = iter_ptr;
 
@@ -259,7 +263,7 @@ static void *_qp_stats_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr,
 }
 
 static void _qp_stats_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr)
-__releases(RCU)
+	__releases(RCU)
 {
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c
index a5aa3517e7d5c537d36786fd0d512cef6d60544c..4e4d8317c281cde45278c34104e29aca00b284f2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/qp.c
@@ -656,10 +656,6 @@ struct qp_iter *qp_iter_init(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev)
 
 	iter->dev = dev;
 	iter->specials = dev->rdi.ibdev.phys_port_cnt * 2;
-	if (qp_iter_next(iter)) {
-		kfree(iter);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	return iter;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_debugfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_debugfs.c
index 5e75b43c596b608adfacfeb48ea955ffa914082d..5bad8e3b40bb34517948e7a18b0497f79d4b7e16 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_debugfs.c
@@ -189,27 +189,32 @@ static int _ctx_stats_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
 DEBUGFS_FILE(ctx_stats)
 
 static void *_qp_stats_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
+	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	struct qib_qp_iter *iter;
 	loff_t n = *pos;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	iter = qib_qp_iter_init(s->private);
+
+	/* stop calls rcu_read_unlock */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
 	if (!iter)
 		return NULL;
 
-	while (n--) {
+	do {
 		if (qib_qp_iter_next(iter)) {
 			kfree(iter);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-	}
+	} while (n--);
 
 	return iter;
 }
 
 static void *_qp_stats_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr,
 				   loff_t *pos)
+	__must_hold(RCU)
 {
 	struct qib_qp_iter *iter = iter_ptr;
 
@@ -224,6 +229,7 @@ static void *_qp_stats_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr,
 }
 
 static void _qp_stats_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void *iter_ptr)
+	__releases(RCU)
 {
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
index 9cc0aae1d78191735b31eaed33bca1ee21de7d01..f9b8cd2354d1ba6f6b077aea249f00b2f3a8e8bb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_qp.c
@@ -573,10 +573,6 @@ struct qib_qp_iter *qib_qp_iter_init(struct qib_ibdev *dev)
 		return NULL;
 
 	iter->dev = dev;
-	if (qib_qp_iter_next(iter)) {
-		kfree(iter);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	return iter;
 }