diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 9268b6105a74..55e2ca036584 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -648,10 +648,15 @@ static void svc_rdma_free(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma =
 		container_of(xprt, struct svcxprt_rdma, sc_xprt);
-	struct ib_device *device = rdma->sc_cm_id->device;
+	struct ib_device *device;
 
 	might_sleep();
 
+	if (!rdma->sc_cm_id)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	device = rdma->sc_cm_id->device;
+
 	/* This blocks until the Completion Queues are empty */
 	if (rdma->sc_qp && !IS_ERR(rdma->sc_qp))
 		ib_drain_qp(rdma->sc_qp);
@@ -676,11 +681,13 @@ static void svc_rdma_free(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (rdma->sc_pd && !IS_ERR(rdma->sc_pd))
 		ib_dealloc_pd(rdma->sc_pd);
 
+	if (!test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &rdma->sc_xprt.xpt_flags))
+		rpcrdma_rn_unregister(device, &rdma->sc_rn);
+
 	/* Destroy the CM ID */
 	rdma_destroy_id(rdma->sc_cm_id);
 
-	if (!test_bit(XPT_LISTENER, &rdma->sc_xprt.xpt_flags))
-		rpcrdma_rn_unregister(device, &rdma->sc_rn);
+out_free:
 	kfree(rdma);
 }