diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index 24274bb..5011efa 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -414,27 +414,30 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rs->rs_rdma_lock, flags);
 	mr = rds_mr_tree_walk(&rs->rs_rdma_keys, r_key, NULL);
-	if (mr && (mr->r_use_once || force)) {
+	if (!mr) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "rds: trying to unuse MR with unknown r_key %u!\n", r_key);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->rs_rdma_lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (mr->r_use_once || force) {
 		rb_erase(&mr->r_rb_node, &rs->rs_rdma_keys);
 		RB_CLEAR_NODE(&mr->r_rb_node);
 		zot_me = 1;
-	} else if (mr)
-		atomic_inc(&mr->r_refcount);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->rs_rdma_lock, flags);
 
 	/* May have to issue a dma_sync on this memory region.
 	 * Note we could avoid this if the operation was a RDMA READ,
 	 * but at this point we can't tell. */
-	if (mr) {
-		if (mr->r_trans->sync_mr)
-			mr->r_trans->sync_mr(mr->r_trans_private, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	if (mr->r_trans->sync_mr)
+		mr->r_trans->sync_mr(mr->r_trans_private, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
-		/* If the MR was marked as invalidate, this will
-		 * trigger an async flush. */
-		if (zot_me)
-			rds_destroy_mr(mr);
-		rds_mr_put(mr);
-	}
+	/* If the MR was marked as invalidate, this will
+	 * trigger an async flush. */
+	if (zot_me)
+		rds_destroy_mr(mr);
+	rds_mr_put(mr);
 }
 
 void rds_rdma_free_op(struct rds_rdma_op *ro)