diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
index 64ace0b968f07fc49feeb7bfabeab24020934a00..a5ceae2e075ad62f55248ca2eaaca2fae34efc69 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static const char * const cma_events[] = {
 static void cma_iboe_set_mgid(struct sockaddr *addr, union ib_gid *mgid,
 			      enum ib_gid_type gid_type);
 
+static void cma_netevent_work_handler(struct work_struct *_work);
+
 const char *__attribute_const__ rdma_event_msg(enum rdma_cm_event_type event)
 {
 	size_t index = event;
@@ -1017,6 +1019,7 @@ __rdma_create_id(struct net *net, rdma_cm_event_handler event_handler,
 	get_random_bytes(&id_priv->seq_num, sizeof id_priv->seq_num);
 	id_priv->id.route.addr.dev_addr.net = get_net(net);
 	id_priv->seq_num &= 0x00ffffff;
+	INIT_WORK(&id_priv->id.net_work, cma_netevent_work_handler);
 
 	rdma_restrack_new(&id_priv->res, RDMA_RESTRACK_CM_ID);
 	if (parent)
@@ -5211,9 +5214,9 @@ static int cma_netevent_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 		if (!memcmp(current_id->id.route.addr.dev_addr.dst_dev_addr,
 			   neigh->ha, ETH_ALEN))
 			continue;
-		INIT_WORK(&current_id->id.net_work, cma_netevent_work_handler);
 		cma_id_get(current_id);
-		queue_work(cma_wq, &current_id->id.net_work);
+		if (!queue_work(cma_wq, &current_id->id.net_work))
+			cma_id_put(current_id);
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&id_table_lock, flags);