diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
index 443cea55daac..61e0efd4ccfb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c
@@ -502,7 +502,9 @@ int schedule_nes_timer(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node, struct sk_buff *skb,
 static void nes_retrans_expired(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node)
 {
 	struct iw_cm_id *cm_id = cm_node->cm_id;
-	switch (cm_node->state) {
+	enum nes_cm_node_state state = cm_node->state;
+	cm_node->state = NES_CM_STATE_CLOSED;
+	switch (state) {
 	case NES_CM_STATE_SYN_RCVD:
 	case NES_CM_STATE_CLOSING:
 		rem_ref_cm_node(cm_node->cm_core, cm_node);
@@ -511,7 +513,6 @@ static void nes_retrans_expired(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node)
 	case NES_CM_STATE_FIN_WAIT1:
 		if (cm_node->cm_id)
 			cm_id->rem_ref(cm_id);
-		cm_node->state = NES_CM_STATE_CLOSED;
 		send_reset(cm_node, NULL);
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -1439,9 +1440,6 @@ static void handle_rst_pkt(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		break;
 	case NES_CM_STATE_MPAREQ_RCVD:
 		passive_state = atomic_add_return(1, &cm_node->passive_state);
-		if (passive_state ==  NES_SEND_RESET_EVENT)
-			create_event(cm_node, NES_CM_EVENT_RESET);
-		cm_node->state = NES_CM_STATE_CLOSED;
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		break;
 	case NES_CM_STATE_ESTABLISHED:
@@ -1456,6 +1454,7 @@ static void handle_rst_pkt(struct nes_cm_node *cm_node, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	case NES_CM_STATE_CLOSED:
 		drop_packet(skb);
 		break;
+	case NES_CM_STATE_FIN_WAIT2:
 	case NES_CM_STATE_FIN_WAIT1:
 	case NES_CM_STATE_LAST_ACK:
 		cm_node->cm_id->rem_ref(cm_node->cm_id);
@@ -2777,6 +2776,12 @@ int nes_accept(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	passive_state = atomic_add_return(1, &cm_node->passive_state);
+	if (passive_state == NES_SEND_RESET_EVENT) {
+		rem_ref_cm_node(cm_node->cm_core, cm_node);
+		return -ECONNRESET;
+	}
+
 	/* associate the node with the QP */
 	nesqp->cm_node = (void *)cm_node;
 	cm_node->nesqp = nesqp;
@@ -2979,9 +2984,6 @@ int nes_accept(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s[%u] OFA CM event_handler returned, "
 			"ret=%d\n", __func__, __LINE__, ret);
 
-	passive_state = atomic_add_return(1, &cm_node->passive_state);
-	if (passive_state == NES_SEND_RESET_EVENT)
-		create_event(cm_node, NES_CM_EVENT_RESET);
 	return 0;
 }