diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 0668bb3472d0..0cf61554f176 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -1562,11 +1562,11 @@ static int import_ep(struct c4iw_ep *ep, __be32 peer_ip, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	struct neighbour *n;
 	int err, step;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(dst);
-	err = -ENODEV;
+	n = dst_neigh_lookup(dst, &peer_ip);
 	if (!n)
-		goto out;
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (n->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
 		struct net_device *pdev;
@@ -1614,6 +1614,8 @@ static int import_ep(struct c4iw_ep *ep, __be32 peer_ip, struct dst_entry *dst,
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	neigh_release(n);
+
 	return err;
 }