diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 90ec322dbbc0..ef1f3d076af9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -1558,10 +1558,11 @@ rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp)
 	rc = ib_post_recv(r_xprt->rx_ia.ri_id->qp, wr,
 			  (const struct ib_recv_wr **)&bad_wr);
 	if (rc) {
-		for (wr = bad_wr; wr; wr = wr->next) {
+		for (wr = bad_wr; wr;) {
 			struct rpcrdma_rep *rep;
 
 			rep = container_of(wr, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_recv_wr);
+			wr = wr->next;
 			rpcrdma_recv_buffer_put(rep);
 			--count;
 		}