diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index 0f8356cea2931ed2e7f6ad3381bfd27c4d6568de..50c583a554640354bb47258bcc1798a9d5958f04 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void rxe_dealloc(struct ib_device *ib_dev)
 }
 
 /* initialize rxe device parameters */
-static void rxe_init_device_param(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
+static void rxe_init_device_param(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	rxe->max_inline_data			= RXE_MAX_INLINE_DATA;
 
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ static void rxe_init_device_param(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 	rxe->attr.max_fast_reg_page_list_len	= RXE_MAX_FMR_PAGE_LIST_LEN;
 	rxe->attr.max_pkeys			= RXE_MAX_PKEYS;
 	rxe->attr.local_ca_ack_delay		= RXE_LOCAL_CA_ACK_DELAY;
+
 	addrconf_addr_eui48((unsigned char *)&rxe->attr.sys_image_guid,
-			rxe->ndev->dev_addr);
+			ndev->dev_addr);
 
 	rxe->max_ucontext			= RXE_MAX_UCONTEXT;
 }
@@ -106,13 +107,13 @@ static void rxe_init_port_param(struct rxe_port *port)
 /* initialize port state, note IB convention that HCA ports are always
  * numbered from 1
  */
-static void rxe_init_ports(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
+static void rxe_init_ports(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct rxe_port *port = &rxe->port;
 
 	rxe_init_port_param(port);
 	addrconf_addr_eui48((unsigned char *)&port->port_guid,
-			    rxe->ndev->dev_addr);
+			    ndev->dev_addr);
 	spin_lock_init(&port->port_lock);
 }
 
@@ -130,12 +131,12 @@ static void rxe_init_pools(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 }
 
 /* initialize rxe device state */
-static void rxe_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
+static void rxe_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	/* init default device parameters */
-	rxe_init_device_param(rxe);
+	rxe_init_device_param(rxe, ndev);
 
-	rxe_init_ports(rxe);
+	rxe_init_ports(rxe, ndev);
 	rxe_init_pools(rxe);
 
 	/* init pending mmap list */
@@ -169,12 +170,13 @@ void rxe_set_mtu(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int ndev_mtu)
 /* called by ifc layer to create new rxe device.
  * The caller should allocate memory for rxe by calling ib_alloc_device.
  */
-int rxe_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int mtu, const char *ibdev_name)
+int rxe_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int mtu, const char *ibdev_name,
+			struct net_device *ndev)
 {
-	rxe_init(rxe);
+	rxe_init(rxe, ndev);
 	rxe_set_mtu(rxe, mtu);
 
-	return rxe_register_device(rxe, ibdev_name);
+	return rxe_register_device(rxe, ibdev_name, ndev);
 }
 
 static int rxe_newlink(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
index d8fb2c7af30a7ed3a709f045ca2a7cfbc716e202..fe7f97066732556e70145f151cbfa6cb2172692d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ enum resp_states {
 
 void rxe_set_mtu(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int dev_mtu);
 
-int rxe_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int mtu, const char *ibdev_name);
+int rxe_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int mtu, const char *ibdev_name,
+			struct net_device *ndev);
 
 void rxe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
index 86cc2e18a7fdafc471b176dad4efe35f4fec7416..07ff47bae31df9ddd04e650e465023be1f35bd4b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@
 static int rxe_mcast_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, union ib_gid *mgid)
 {
 	unsigned char ll_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+	int ret;
+
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ipv6_eth_mc_map((struct in6_addr *)mgid->raw, ll_addr);
 
-	return dev_mc_add(rxe->ndev, ll_addr);
+	ret = dev_mc_add(ndev, ll_addr);
+	dev_put(ndev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -47,10 +56,19 @@ static int rxe_mcast_add(struct rxe_dev *rxe, union ib_gid *mgid)
 static int rxe_mcast_del(struct rxe_dev *rxe, union ib_gid *mgid)
 {
 	unsigned char ll_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+	int ret;
+
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ipv6_eth_mc_map((struct in6_addr *)mgid->raw, ll_addr);
 
-	return dev_mc_del(rxe->ndev, ll_addr);
+	ret = dev_mc_del(ndev, ll_addr);
+	dev_put(ndev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
index e5827064ab1e2a520e1de90088df77e79a57bf5b..e2859bbc9a71c8c00433b8301e9c6eb98d4f38dd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_net.c
@@ -509,7 +509,16 @@ struct sk_buff *rxe_init_packet(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_av *av,
  */
 const char *rxe_parent_name(struct rxe_dev *rxe, unsigned int port_num)
 {
-	return rxe->ndev->name;
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+	char *ndev_name;
+
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return NULL;
+	ndev_name = ndev->name;
+	dev_put(ndev);
+
+	return ndev_name;
 }
 
 int rxe_net_add(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
@@ -521,9 +530,7 @@ int rxe_net_add(const char *ibdev_name, struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (!rxe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rxe->ndev = ndev;
-
-	err = rxe_add(rxe, ndev->mtu, ibdev_name);
+	err = rxe_add(rxe, ndev->mtu, ibdev_name, ndev);
 	if (err) {
 		ib_dealloc_device(&rxe->ib_dev);
 		return err;
@@ -571,10 +578,18 @@ void rxe_port_down(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 
 void rxe_set_port_state(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 {
-	if (netif_running(rxe->ndev) && netif_carrier_ok(rxe->ndev))
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return;
+
+	if (netif_running(ndev) && netif_carrier_ok(ndev))
 		rxe_port_up(rxe);
 	else
 		rxe_port_down(rxe);
+
+	dev_put(ndev);
 }
 
 static int rxe_notify(struct notifier_block *not_blk,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index dbb9baa4ffd0029542550eecd31f174d1db99076..c4726f894fc2207329f35ac4b56c539717d92c90 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int rxe_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 			  u32 port_num, struct ib_port_attr *attr)
 {
 	struct rxe_dev *rxe = to_rdev(ibdev);
+	struct net_device *ndev;
 	int err, ret;
 
 	if (port_num != 1) {
@@ -49,6 +50,12 @@ static int rxe_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(ibdev);
+	if (!ndev) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(attr, &rxe->port.attr, sizeof(*attr));
 
 	mutex_lock(&rxe->usdev_lock);
@@ -57,13 +64,14 @@ static int rxe_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 
 	if (attr->state == IB_PORT_ACTIVE)
 		attr->phys_state = IB_PORT_PHYS_STATE_LINK_UP;
-	else if (dev_get_flags(rxe->ndev) & IFF_UP)
+	else if (dev_get_flags(ndev) & IFF_UP)
 		attr->phys_state = IB_PORT_PHYS_STATE_POLLING;
 	else
 		attr->phys_state = IB_PORT_PHYS_STATE_DISABLED;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&rxe->usdev_lock);
 
+	dev_put(ndev);
 	return ret;
 
 err_out:
@@ -1428,9 +1436,16 @@ static const struct attribute_group rxe_attr_group = {
 static int rxe_enable_driver(struct ib_device *ib_dev)
 {
 	struct rxe_dev *rxe = container_of(ib_dev, struct rxe_dev, ib_dev);
+	struct net_device *ndev;
+
+	ndev = rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(ib_dev);
+	if (!ndev)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	rxe_set_port_state(rxe);
-	dev_info(&rxe->ib_dev.dev, "added %s\n", netdev_name(rxe->ndev));
+	dev_info(&rxe->ib_dev.dev, "added %s\n", netdev_name(ndev));
+
+	dev_put(ndev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1498,7 +1513,8 @@ static const struct ib_device_ops rxe_dev_ops = {
 	INIT_RDMA_OBJ_SIZE(ib_mw, rxe_mw, ibmw),
 };
 
-int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name)
+int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name,
+						struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct ib_device *dev = &rxe->ib_dev;
@@ -1510,13 +1526,13 @@ int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name)
 	dev->num_comp_vectors = num_possible_cpus();
 	dev->local_dma_lkey = 0;
 	addrconf_addr_eui48((unsigned char *)&dev->node_guid,
-			    rxe->ndev->dev_addr);
+			    ndev->dev_addr);
 
 	dev->uverbs_cmd_mask |= BIT_ULL(IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_POST_SEND) |
 				BIT_ULL(IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_REQ_NOTIFY_CQ);
 
 	ib_set_device_ops(dev, &rxe_dev_ops);
-	err = ib_device_set_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev, rxe->ndev, 1);
+	err = ib_device_set_netdev(&rxe->ib_dev, ndev, 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
index ccb9d19ffe8ab37b907dec8f03649b3e754ce7a8..4242b24a47da5ef2b553b9d376ff4ca4631b5570 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ struct rxe_port {
 	u32			qp_gsi_index;
 };
 
+#define	RXE_PORT	1
 struct rxe_dev {
 	struct ib_device	ib_dev;
 	struct ib_device_attr	attr;
@@ -376,8 +377,6 @@ struct rxe_dev {
 	int			max_inline_data;
 	struct mutex	usdev_lock;
 
-	struct net_device	*ndev;
-
 	struct rxe_pool		uc_pool;
 	struct rxe_pool		pd_pool;
 	struct rxe_pool		ah_pool;
@@ -405,6 +404,11 @@ struct rxe_dev {
 	struct crypto_shash	*tfm;
 };
 
+static inline struct net_device *rxe_ib_device_get_netdev(struct ib_device *dev)
+{
+	return ib_device_get_netdev(dev, RXE_PORT);
+}
+
 static inline void rxe_counter_inc(struct rxe_dev *rxe, enum rxe_counters index)
 {
 	atomic64_inc(&rxe->stats_counters[index]);
@@ -470,6 +474,7 @@ static inline struct rxe_pd *rxe_mw_pd(struct rxe_mw *mw)
 	return to_rpd(mw->ibmw.pd);
 }
 
-int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name);
+int rxe_register_device(struct rxe_dev *rxe, const char *ibdev_name,
+						struct net_device *ndev);
 
 #endif /* RXE_VERBS_H */