diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 77f3dbc0aaa1..18836cdf1e10 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,8 @@ static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 
 err_counter:
 	for (; i; --i)
-		mlx4_counter_free(ibdev->dev, ibdev->counters[i - 1]);
+		if (ibdev->counters[i - 1] != -1)
+			mlx4_counter_free(ibdev->dev, ibdev->counters[i - 1]);
 
 err_map:
 	iounmap(ibdev->uar_map);
@@ -1275,7 +1276,8 @@ static void mlx4_ib_remove(struct mlx4_dev *dev, void *ibdev_ptr)
 	}
 	iounmap(ibdev->uar_map);
 	for (p = 0; p < ibdev->num_ports; ++p)
-		mlx4_counter_free(ibdev->dev, ibdev->counters[p]);
+		if (ibdev->counters[p] != -1)
+			mlx4_counter_free(ibdev->dev, ibdev->counters[p]);
 	mlx4_foreach_port(p, dev, MLX4_PORT_TYPE_IB)
 		mlx4_CLOSE_PORT(dev, p);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
index 574600ef5b42..a7403248d83d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_file_ops.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static int setup_ctxt(struct qib_pportdata *ppd, int ctxt,
 	strlcpy(rcd->comm, current->comm, sizeof(rcd->comm));
 	ctxt_fp(fp) = rcd;
 	qib_stats.sps_ctxts++;
-	dd->freectxts++;
+	dd->freectxts--;
 	ret = 0;
 	goto bail;
 
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ static int qib_close(struct inode *in, struct file *fp)
 		if (dd->pageshadow)
 			unlock_expected_tids(rcd);
 		qib_stats.sps_ctxts--;
-		dd->freectxts--;
+		dd->freectxts++;
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&qib_mutex);