diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 59022b7441448..d609f4659afb7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -1298,29 +1298,6 @@ static int devx_handle_mkey_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void devx_free_indirect_mkey(struct rcu_head *rcu)
-{
-	kfree(container_of(rcu, struct devx_obj, devx_mr.rcu));
-}
-
-/* This function to delete from the radix tree needs to be called before
- * destroying the underlying mkey. Otherwise a race might occur in case that
- * other thread will get the same mkey before this one will be deleted,
- * in that case it will fail via inserting to the tree its own data.
- *
- * Note:
- * An error in the destroy is not expected unless there is some other indirect
- * mkey which points to this one. In a kernel cleanup flow it will be just
- * destroyed in the iterative destruction call. In a user flow, in case
- * the application didn't close in the expected order it's its own problem,
- * the mkey won't be part of the tree, in both cases the kernel is safe.
- */
-static void devx_cleanup_mkey(struct devx_obj *obj)
-{
-	xa_erase(&obj->ib_dev->mdev->priv.mkey_table,
-		 mlx5_base_mkey(obj->devx_mr.mmkey.key));
-}
-
 static void devx_cleanup_subscription(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 				      struct devx_event_subscription *sub)
 {
@@ -1362,8 +1339,16 @@ static int devx_obj_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 	int ret;
 
 	dev = mlx5_udata_to_mdev(&attrs->driver_udata);
-	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY)
-		devx_cleanup_mkey(obj);
+	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY) {
+		/*
+		 * The pagefault_single_data_segment() does commands against
+		 * the mmkey, we must wait for that to stop before freeing the
+		 * mkey, as another allocation could get the same mkey #.
+		 */
+		xa_erase(&obj->ib_dev->mdev->priv.mkey_table,
+			 mlx5_base_mkey(obj->devx_mr.mmkey.key));
+		synchronize_srcu(&dev->mr_srcu);
+	}
 
 	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_DCT)
 		ret = mlx5_core_destroy_dct(obj->ib_dev->mdev, &obj->core_dct);
@@ -1382,12 +1367,6 @@ static int devx_obj_cleanup(struct ib_uobject *uobject,
 		devx_cleanup_subscription(dev, sub_entry);
 	mutex_unlock(&devx_event_table->event_xa_lock);
 
-	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY) {
-		call_srcu(&dev->mr_srcu, &obj->devx_mr.rcu,
-			  devx_free_indirect_mkey);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	kfree(obj);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1491,26 +1470,21 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_DEVX_OBJ_CREATE)(
 				   &obj_id);
 	WARN_ON(obj->dinlen > MLX5_MAX_DESTROY_INBOX_SIZE_DW * sizeof(u32));
 
-	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY) {
-		err = devx_handle_mkey_indirect(obj, dev, cmd_in, cmd_out);
-		if (err)
-			goto obj_destroy;
-	}
-
 	err = uverbs_copy_to(attrs, MLX5_IB_ATTR_DEVX_OBJ_CREATE_CMD_OUT, cmd_out, cmd_out_len);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_copy;
+		goto obj_destroy;
 
 	if (opcode == MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_GENERAL_OBJECT)
 		obj_type = MLX5_GET(general_obj_in_cmd_hdr, cmd_in, obj_type);
-
 	obj->obj_id = get_enc_obj_id(opcode | obj_type << 16, obj_id);
 
+	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY) {
+		err = devx_handle_mkey_indirect(obj, dev, cmd_in, cmd_out);
+		if (err)
+			goto obj_destroy;
+	}
 	return 0;
 
-err_copy:
-	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_INDIRECT_MKEY)
-		devx_cleanup_mkey(obj);
 obj_destroy:
 	if (obj->flags & DEVX_OBJ_FLAGS_DCT)
 		mlx5_core_destroy_dct(obj->ib_dev->mdev, &obj->core_dct);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index 15e42825cc976..1a98ee2e01c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@ struct mlx5_ib_mw {
 struct mlx5_ib_devx_mr {
 	struct mlx5_core_mkey	mmkey;
 	int			ndescs;
-	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 };
 
 struct mlx5_ib_umr_context {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 3a27bddfcf31f..630599311586e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -1962,14 +1962,25 @@ struct ib_mw *mlx5_ib_alloc_mw(struct ib_pd *pd, enum ib_mw_type type,
 
 int mlx5_ib_dealloc_mw(struct ib_mw *mw)
 {
+	struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev = to_mdev(mw->device);
 	struct mlx5_ib_mw *mmw = to_mmw(mw);
 	int err;
 
-	err =  mlx5_core_destroy_mkey((to_mdev(mw->device))->mdev,
-				      &mmw->mmkey);
-	if (!err)
-		kfree(mmw);
-	return err;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ON_DEMAND_PAGING)) {
+		xa_erase(&dev->mdev->priv.mkey_table,
+			 mlx5_base_mkey(mmw->mmkey.key));
+		/*
+		 * pagefault_single_data_segment() may be accessing mmw under
+		 * SRCU if the user bound an ODP MR to this MW.
+		 */
+		synchronize_srcu(&dev->mr_srcu);
+	}
+
+	err = mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(dev->mdev, &mmw->mmkey);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	kfree(mmw);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int mlx5_ib_check_mr_status(struct ib_mr *ibmr, u32 check_mask,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
index 9231b39d18b21..c501bf2a02521 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
@@ -112,17 +112,11 @@ int mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(destroy_mkey_out)] = {0};
 	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(destroy_mkey_in)]   = {0};
 	struct xarray *mkeys = &dev->priv.mkey_table;
-	struct mlx5_core_mkey *deleted_mkey;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	xa_lock_irqsave(mkeys, flags);
-	deleted_mkey = __xa_erase(mkeys, mlx5_base_mkey(mkey->key));
+	__xa_erase(mkeys, mlx5_base_mkey(mkey->key));
 	xa_unlock_irqrestore(mkeys, flags);
-	if (!deleted_mkey) {
-		mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "failed xarray delete of mkey 0x%x\n",
-			      mlx5_base_mkey(mkey->key));
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
 
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_mkey_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_DESTROY_MKEY);
 	MLX5_SET(destroy_mkey_in, in, mkey_index, mlx5_mkey_to_idx(mkey->key));