diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index 077f7041df15..2cfec252eeac 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -604,8 +604,13 @@ void *rds_ib_get_mr(struct scatterlist *sg, unsigned long nents,
 		return ibmr;
 	}
 
-	if (conn)
+	if (conn) {
 		ic = conn->c_transport_data;
+		if (!ic || !ic->i_cm_id || !ic->i_cm_id->qp) {
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (!rds_ibdev->mr_8k_pool || !rds_ibdev->mr_1m_pool) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;