diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 45d67e9..538cf8f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct ucma_file {
 	struct list_head	ctx_list;
 	struct list_head	event_list;
 	wait_queue_head_t	poll_wait;
+	struct workqueue_struct	*close_wq;
 };
 
 struct ucma_context {
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ struct ucma_context {
 
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct list_head	mc_list;
+	int			closing;
+	int			destroying;
+	struct work_struct	close_work;
 };
 
 struct ucma_multicast {
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ struct ucma_event {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct rdma_cm_id	*cm_id;
 	struct rdma_ucm_event_resp resp;
+	struct work_struct	close_work;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mut);
@@ -132,8 +137,12 @@ static struct ucma_context *ucma_get_ctx(struct ucma_file *file, int id)
 
 	mutex_lock(&mut);
 	ctx = _ucma_find_context(id, file);
-	if (!IS_ERR(ctx))
-		atomic_inc(&ctx->ref);
+	if (!IS_ERR(ctx)) {
+		if (ctx->closing)
+			ctx = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+		else
+			atomic_inc(&ctx->ref);
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&mut);
 	return ctx;
 }
@@ -144,6 +153,34 @@ static void ucma_put_ctx(struct ucma_context *ctx)
 		complete(&ctx->comp);
 }
 
+static void ucma_close_event_id(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ucma_event *uevent_close =  container_of(work, struct ucma_event, close_work);
+
+	rdma_destroy_id(uevent_close->cm_id);
+	kfree(uevent_close);
+}
+
+static void ucma_close_id(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ucma_context *ctx =  container_of(work, struct ucma_context, close_work);
+
+	/* Fence to ensure that ctx->closing was seen by all
+	 * ucma_get_ctx running
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&mut);
+	mutex_unlock(&mut);
+
+	/* once all inflight tasks are finished, we close all underlying
+	 * resources. The context is still alive till its explicit destryoing
+	 * by its creator.
+	 */
+	ucma_put_ctx(ctx);
+	wait_for_completion(&ctx->comp);
+	/* No new events will be generated after destroying the id. */
+	rdma_destroy_id(ctx->cm_id);
+}
+
 static struct ucma_context *ucma_alloc_ctx(struct ucma_file *file)
 {
 	struct ucma_context *ctx;
@@ -152,6 +189,7 @@ static struct ucma_context *ucma_alloc_ctx(struct ucma_file *file)
 	if (!ctx)
 		return NULL;
 
+	INIT_WORK(&ctx->close_work, ucma_close_id);
 	atomic_set(&ctx->ref, 1);
 	init_completion(&ctx->comp);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->mc_list);
@@ -242,6 +280,42 @@ static void ucma_set_event_context(struct ucma_context *ctx,
 	}
 }
 
+/* Called with file->mut locked for the relevant context. */
+static void ucma_removal_event_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id)
+{
+	struct ucma_context *ctx = cm_id->context;
+	struct ucma_event *con_req_eve;
+	int event_found = 0;
+
+	if (ctx->destroying)
+		return;
+
+	/* only if context is pointing to cm_id that it owns it and can be
+	 * queued to be closed, otherwise that cm_id is an inflight one that
+	 * is part of that context event list pending to be detached and
+	 * reattached to its new context as part of ucma_get_event,
+	 * handled separately below.
+	 */
+	if (ctx->cm_id == cm_id) {
+		ctx->closing = 1;
+		queue_work(ctx->file->close_wq, &ctx->close_work);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	list_for_each_entry(con_req_eve, &ctx->file->event_list, list) {
+		if (con_req_eve->cm_id == cm_id &&
+		    con_req_eve->resp.event == RDMA_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REQUEST) {
+			list_del(&con_req_eve->list);
+			INIT_WORK(&con_req_eve->close_work, ucma_close_event_id);
+			queue_work(ctx->file->close_wq, &con_req_eve->close_work);
+			event_found = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!event_found)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ucma_removal_event_handler: warning: connect request event wasn't found\n");
+}
+
 static int ucma_event_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 			      struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 {
@@ -276,14 +350,21 @@ static int ucma_event_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 		 * We ignore events for new connections until userspace has set
 		 * their context.  This can only happen if an error occurs on a
 		 * new connection before the user accepts it.  This is okay,
-		 * since the accept will just fail later.
+		 * since the accept will just fail later. However, we do need
+		 * to release the underlying HW resources in case of a device
+		 * removal event.
 		 */
+		if (event->event == RDMA_CM_EVENT_DEVICE_REMOVAL)
+			ucma_removal_event_handler(cm_id);
+
 		kfree(uevent);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&uevent->list, &ctx->file->event_list);
 	wake_up_interruptible(&ctx->file->poll_wait);
+	if (event->event == RDMA_CM_EVENT_DEVICE_REMOVAL)
+		ucma_removal_event_handler(cm_id);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->file->mut);
 	return ret;
@@ -442,9 +523,15 @@ static void ucma_cleanup_mc_events(struct ucma_multicast *mc)
 }
 
 /*
- * We cannot hold file->mut when calling rdma_destroy_id() or we can
- * deadlock.  We also acquire file->mut in ucma_event_handler(), and
- * rdma_destroy_id() will wait until all callbacks have completed.
+ * ucma_free_ctx is called after the underlying rdma CM-ID is destroyed. At
+ * this point, no new events will be reported from the hardware. However, we
+ * still need to cleanup the UCMA context for this ID. Specifically, there
+ * might be events that have not yet been consumed by the user space software.
+ * These might include pending connect requests which we have not completed
+ * processing.  We cannot call rdma_destroy_id while holding the lock of the
+ * context (file->mut), as it might cause a deadlock. We therefore extract all
+ * relevant events from the context pending events list while holding the
+ * mutex. After that we release them as needed.
  */
 static int ucma_free_ctx(struct ucma_context *ctx)
 {
@@ -452,8 +539,6 @@ static int ucma_free_ctx(struct ucma_context *ctx)
 	struct ucma_event *uevent, *tmp;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
-	/* No new events will be generated after destroying the id. */
-	rdma_destroy_id(ctx->cm_id);
 
 	ucma_cleanup_multicast(ctx);
 
@@ -501,10 +586,20 @@ static ssize_t ucma_destroy_id(struct ucma_file *file, const char __user *inbuf,
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
 
-	ucma_put_ctx(ctx);
-	wait_for_completion(&ctx->comp);
-	resp.events_reported = ucma_free_ctx(ctx);
+	mutex_lock(&ctx->file->mut);
+	ctx->destroying = 1;
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->file->mut);
+
+	flush_workqueue(ctx->file->close_wq);
+	/* At this point it's guaranteed that there is no inflight
+	 * closing task */
+	if (!ctx->closing) {
+		ucma_put_ctx(ctx);
+		wait_for_completion(&ctx->comp);
+		rdma_destroy_id(ctx->cm_id);
+	}
 
+	resp.events_reported = ucma_free_ctx(ctx);
 	if (copy_to_user((void __user *)(unsigned long)cmd.response,
 			 &resp, sizeof(resp)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -1542,6 +1637,7 @@ static int ucma_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ctx_list);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&file->poll_wait);
 	mutex_init(&file->mut);
+	file->close_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ucma_close_id");
 
 	filp->private_data = file;
 	file->filp = filp;
@@ -1556,16 +1652,28 @@ static int ucma_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	mutex_lock(&file->mut);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ctx, tmp, &file->ctx_list, list) {
+		ctx->destroying = 1;
 		mutex_unlock(&file->mut);
 
 		mutex_lock(&mut);
 		idr_remove(&ctx_idr, ctx->id);
 		mutex_unlock(&mut);
 
+		flush_workqueue(file->close_wq);
+		/* At that step once ctx was marked as destroying and workqueue
+		 * was flushed we are safe from any inflights handlers that
+		 * might put other closing task.
+		 */
+		if (!ctx->closing)
+			/* rdma_destroy_id ensures that no event handlers are
+			 * inflight for that id before releasing it.
+			 */
+			rdma_destroy_id(ctx->cm_id);
 		ucma_free_ctx(ctx);
 		mutex_lock(&file->mut);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&file->mut);
+	destroy_workqueue(file->close_wq);
 	kfree(file);
 	return 0;
 }
