diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
index bcb1bbcf50df..fd70c71a9e4e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int rxe_map_mr_sg(struct ib_mr *ibmr, struct scatterlist *sg,
 void *iova_to_vaddr(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, int length);
 int rxe_mr_do_atomic_op(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, int opcode,
 			u64 compare, u64 swap_add, u64 *orig_val);
+int rxe_mr_do_atomic_write(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, void *addr);
 struct rxe_mr *lookup_mr(struct rxe_pd *pd, int access, u32 key,
 			 enum rxe_mr_lookup_type type);
 int mr_check_range(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, size_t length);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
index 791731be6067..1e74f5e8e10b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
@@ -568,6 +568,56 @@ int rxe_mr_do_atomic_op(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, int opcode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * rxe_mr_do_atomic_write() - write 64bit value to iova from addr
+ * @mr: memory region
+ * @iova: iova in mr
+ * @addr: source of data to write
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	 0 on success
+ *	-1 for misaligned address
+ *	-2 for access errors
+ *	-3 for cpu without native 64 bit support
+ */
+int rxe_mr_do_atomic_write(struct rxe_mr *mr, u64 iova, void *addr)
+{
+#if defined CONFIG_64BIT
+	u64 *vaddr;
+	u64 value;
+	unsigned int length = 8;
+
+	/* See IBA oA19-28 */
+	if (unlikely(mr->state != RXE_MR_STATE_VALID)) {
+		rxe_dbg_mr(mr, "mr not valid");
+		return -2;
+	}
+
+	/* See IBA A19.4.2 */
+	if (unlikely((uintptr_t)vaddr & 0x7 || iova & 0x7)) {
+		rxe_dbg_mr(mr, "misaligned address");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vaddr = iova_to_vaddr(mr, iova, length);
+	if (unlikely(!vaddr)) {
+		rxe_dbg_mr(mr, "iova out of range");
+		return -2;
+	}
+
+	/* this makes no sense. What of payload is not 8? */
+	memcpy(&value, addr, length);
+
+	/* Do atomic write after all prior operations have completed */
+	smp_store_release(vaddr, value);
+
+	return 0;
+#else
+	rxe_dbg_mr(mr, "64 bit integers not atomic");
+	return -3;
+#endif
+}
+
 int advance_dma_data(struct rxe_dma_info *dma, unsigned int length)
 {
 	struct rxe_sge		*sge	= &dma->sge[dma->cur_sge];
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
index 02301e3f343c..1083cda22c65 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
@@ -762,26 +762,33 @@ static enum resp_states atomic_reply(struct rxe_qp *qp,
 	return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-static enum resp_states do_atomic_write(struct rxe_qp *qp,
-					struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
+static enum resp_states atomic_write_reply(struct rxe_qp *qp,
+					   struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
 {
+	u64 iova = qp->resp.va + qp->resp.offset;
+	struct resp_res *res = qp->resp.res;
 	struct rxe_mr *mr = qp->resp.mr;
+	void *addr = payload_addr(pkt);
 	int payload = payload_size(pkt);
-	u64 src, *dst;
-
-	if (mr->state != RXE_MR_STATE_VALID)
-		return RESPST_ERR_RKEY_VIOLATION;
+	int err;
 
-	memcpy(&src, payload_addr(pkt), payload);
+	if (!res) {
+		res = rxe_prepare_res(qp, pkt, RXE_ATOMIC_WRITE_MASK);
+		qp->resp.res = res;
+	}
 
-	dst = iova_to_vaddr(mr, qp->resp.va + qp->resp.offset, payload);
-	/* check vaddr is 8 bytes aligned. */
-	if (!dst || (uintptr_t)dst & 7)
-		return RESPST_ERR_MISALIGNED_ATOMIC;
+	if (res->replay)
+		return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
 
-	/* Do atomic write after all prior operations have completed */
-	smp_store_release(dst, src);
+	err = rxe_mr_do_atomic_write(mr, iova, addr);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		if (err == -3)
+			return RESPST_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPCODE;
+		else if (err == -2)
+			return RESPST_ERR_RKEY_VIOLATION;
+		else
+			return RESPST_ERR_MISALIGNED_ATOMIC;
+	}
 
 	/* decrease resp.resid to zero */
 	qp->resp.resid -= sizeof(payload);
@@ -794,29 +801,8 @@ static enum resp_states do_atomic_write(struct rxe_qp *qp,
 
 	qp->resp.opcode = pkt->opcode;
 	qp->resp.status = IB_WC_SUCCESS;
-	return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
-}
-#else
-static enum resp_states do_atomic_write(struct rxe_qp *qp,
-					struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
-{
-	return RESPST_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_OPCODE;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
-
-static enum resp_states atomic_write_reply(struct rxe_qp *qp,
-					   struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
-{
-	struct resp_res *res = qp->resp.res;
 
-	if (!res) {
-		res = rxe_prepare_res(qp, pkt, RXE_ATOMIC_WRITE_MASK);
-		qp->resp.res = res;
-	}
-
-	if (res->replay)
-		return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
-	return do_atomic_write(qp, pkt);
+	return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
 }
 
 static struct sk_buff *prepare_ack_packet(struct rxe_qp *qp,
