diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
index c80458634962..c79a4161a6ae 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ int rxe_dereg_mr(struct ib_mr *ibmr, struct ib_udata *udata)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rxe_cleanup(mr);
-
+	kfree_rcu(mr);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
index f50620f5a0a1..3f6bd672cc2d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
@@ -116,55 +116,12 @@ void rxe_pool_cleanup(struct rxe_pool *pool)
 	WARN_ON(!xa_empty(&pool->xa));
 }
 
-void *rxe_alloc(struct rxe_pool *pool)
-{
-	struct rxe_pool_elem *elem;
-	void *obj;
-	int err;
-
-	if (WARN_ON(!(pool->type == RXE_TYPE_MR)))
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (atomic_inc_return(&pool->num_elem) > pool->max_elem)
-		goto err_cnt;
-
-	obj = kzalloc(pool->elem_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!obj)
-		goto err_cnt;
-
-	elem = (struct rxe_pool_elem *)((u8 *)obj + pool->elem_offset);
-
-	elem->pool = pool;
-	elem->obj = obj;
-	kref_init(&elem->ref_cnt);
-	init_completion(&elem->complete);
-
-	/* allocate index in array but leave pointer as NULL so it
-	 * can't be looked up until rxe_finalize() is called
-	 */
-	err = xa_alloc_cyclic(&pool->xa, &elem->index, NULL, pool->limit,
-			      &pool->next, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto err_free;
-
-	return obj;
-
-err_free:
-	kfree(obj);
-err_cnt:
-	atomic_dec(&pool->num_elem);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 int __rxe_add_to_pool(struct rxe_pool *pool, struct rxe_pool_elem *elem,
 				bool sleepable)
 {
 	int err;
 	gfp_t gfp_flags;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(pool->type == RXE_TYPE_MR))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&pool->num_elem) > pool->max_elem)
 		goto err_cnt;
 
@@ -275,9 +232,6 @@ int __rxe_cleanup(struct rxe_pool_elem *elem, bool sleepable)
 	if (pool->cleanup)
 		pool->cleanup(elem);
 
-	if (pool->type == RXE_TYPE_MR)
-		kfree_rcu(elem->obj);
-
 	atomic_dec(&pool->num_elem);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
index 9d83cb32092f..b42e26427a70 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ void rxe_pool_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_pool *pool,
 /* free resources from object pool */
 void rxe_pool_cleanup(struct rxe_pool *pool);
 
-/* allocate an object from pool */
-void *rxe_alloc(struct rxe_pool *pool);
-
 /* connect already allocated object to pool */
 int __rxe_add_to_pool(struct rxe_pool *pool, struct rxe_pool_elem *elem,
 				bool sleepable);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 7a902e0a0607..268be6983c1e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -869,10 +869,17 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_get_dma_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, int access)
 	struct rxe_dev *rxe = to_rdev(ibpd->device);
 	struct rxe_pd *pd = to_rpd(ibpd);
 	struct rxe_mr *mr;
+	int err;
 
-	mr = rxe_alloc(&rxe->mr_pool);
-	if (!mr)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	mr = kzalloc(sizeof(*mr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mr) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	err = rxe_add_to_pool(&rxe->mr_pool, mr);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free;
 
 	rxe_get(pd);
 	mr->ibmr.pd = ibpd;
@@ -880,8 +887,12 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_get_dma_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, int access)
 
 	rxe_mr_init_dma(access, mr);
 	rxe_finalize(mr);
-
 	return &mr->ibmr;
+
+err_free:
+	kfree(mr);
+err_out:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 static struct ib_mr *rxe_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd,
@@ -895,9 +906,15 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd,
 	struct rxe_pd *pd = to_rpd(ibpd);
 	struct rxe_mr *mr;
 
-	mr = rxe_alloc(&rxe->mr_pool);
-	if (!mr)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	mr = kzalloc(sizeof(*mr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mr) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	err = rxe_add_to_pool(&rxe->mr_pool, mr);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free;
 
 	rxe_get(pd);
 	mr->ibmr.pd = ibpd;
@@ -905,14 +922,16 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd,
 
 	err = rxe_mr_init_user(rxe, start, length, iova, access, mr);
 	if (err)
-		goto err1;
+		goto err_cleanup;
 
 	rxe_finalize(mr);
-
 	return &mr->ibmr;
 
-err1:
+err_cleanup:
 	rxe_cleanup(mr);
+err_free:
+	kfree(mr);
+err_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
@@ -927,24 +946,32 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_alloc_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, enum ib_mr_type mr_type,
 	if (mr_type != IB_MR_TYPE_MEM_REG)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	mr = rxe_alloc(&rxe->mr_pool);
-	if (!mr)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	mr = kzalloc(sizeof(*mr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!mr) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	err = rxe_add_to_pool(&rxe->mr_pool, mr);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_free;
 
 	rxe_get(pd);
 	mr->ibmr.pd = ibpd;
 	mr->ibmr.device = ibpd->device;
 
 	err = rxe_mr_init_fast(max_num_sg, mr);
-	if (err)
-		goto err1;
+	if (err)
+		goto err_cleanup;
 
 	rxe_finalize(mr);
-
 	return &mr->ibmr;
 
-err1:
+err_cleanup:
 	rxe_cleanup(mr);
+err_free:
+	kfree(mr);
+err_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
