diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
index 66265e7303cd4..2f2a1d980cdf4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
@@ -2348,6 +2348,7 @@ static int allocate_mr_list(struct smbd_connection *info)
 	atomic_set(&info->mr_ready_count, 0);
 	atomic_set(&info->mr_used_count, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&info->wait_for_mr_cleanup);
+	INIT_WORK(&info->mr_recovery_work, smbd_mr_recovery_work);
 	/* Allocate more MRs (2x) than hardware responder_resources */
 	for (i = 0; i < info->responder_resources * 2; i++) {
 		smbdirect_mr = kzalloc(sizeof(*smbdirect_mr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2376,13 +2377,13 @@ static int allocate_mr_list(struct smbd_connection *info)
 		list_add_tail(&smbdirect_mr->list, &info->mr_list);
 		atomic_inc(&info->mr_ready_count);
 	}
-	INIT_WORK(&info->mr_recovery_work, smbd_mr_recovery_work);
 	return 0;
 
 out:
 	kfree(smbdirect_mr);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(smbdirect_mr, tmp, &info->mr_list, list) {
+		list_del(&smbdirect_mr->list);
 		ib_dereg_mr(smbdirect_mr->mr);
 		kfree(smbdirect_mr->sgl);
 		kfree(smbdirect_mr);