diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_classes.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_classes.h
index 40404c9..82ded44 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_classes.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_classes.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 struct ehca_pd;
 struct ehca_av;
 
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_user_verbs.h>
 
@@ -153,7 +155,9 @@
 	spinlock_t cb_lock;
 	struct hlist_head qp_hashtab[QP_HASHTAB_LEN];
 	struct list_head entry;
-	u32 nr_callbacks;
+	u32 nr_callbacks; /* #events assigned to cpu by scaling code */
+	u32 nr_events;    /* #events seen */
+	wait_queue_head_t wait_completion;
 	spinlock_t task_lock;
 	u32 ownpid;
 	/* mmap counter for resources mapped into user space */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_cq.c
index 6ebfa27..e2cdc1a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_cq.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 	spin_lock_init(&my_cq->spinlock);
 	spin_lock_init(&my_cq->cb_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&my_cq->task_lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&my_cq->wait_completion);
 	my_cq->ownpid = current->tgid;
 
 	cq = &my_cq->ib_cq;
@@ -302,6 +303,16 @@
 	return cq;
 }
 
+static int get_cq_nr_events(struct ehca_cq *my_cq)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+	ret = my_cq->nr_events;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int ehca_destroy_cq(struct ib_cq *cq)
 {
 	u64 h_ret;
@@ -329,10 +340,11 @@
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-	while (my_cq->nr_callbacks) {
+	while (my_cq->nr_events) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-		yield();
+		wait_event(my_cq->wait_completion, !get_cq_nr_events(my_cq));
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+		/* recheck nr_events to assure no cqe has just arrived */
 	}
 
 	idr_remove(&ehca_cq_idr, my_cq->token);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
index 3ec53c6..20f36bf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_irq.c
@@ -404,10 +404,11 @@
 	u32 token;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct ehca_cq *cq;
+
 	eqe_value = eqe->entry;
 	ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "eqe_value=%lx", eqe_value);
 	if (EHCA_BMASK_GET(EQE_COMPLETION_EVENT, eqe_value)) {
-		ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "... completion event");
+		ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got completion event");
 		token = EHCA_BMASK_GET(EQE_CQ_TOKEN, eqe_value);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
 		cq = idr_find(&ehca_cq_idr, token);
@@ -419,16 +420,20 @@
 			return;
 		}
 		reset_eq_pending(cq);
-		if (ehca_scaling_code) {
+		cq->nr_events++;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+		if (ehca_scaling_code)
 			queue_comp_task(cq);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-		} else {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+		else {
 			comp_event_callback(cq);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+			cq->nr_events--;
+			if (!cq->nr_events)
+				wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
 		}
 	} else {
-		ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device,
-			 "Got non completion event");
+		ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got non completion event");
 		parse_identifier(shca, eqe_value);
 	}
 }
@@ -478,6 +483,7 @@
 					 "token=%x", token);
 				continue;
 			}
+			eqe_cache[eqe_cnt].cq->nr_events++;
 			spin_unlock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
 		} else
 			eqe_cache[eqe_cnt].cq = NULL;
@@ -504,12 +510,18 @@
 	/* call completion handler for cached eqes */
 	for (i = 0; i < eqe_cnt; i++)
 		if (eq->eqe_cache[i].cq) {
-			if (ehca_scaling_code) {
-				spin_lock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
+			if (ehca_scaling_code)
 				queue_comp_task(eq->eqe_cache[i].cq);
-				spin_unlock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
-			} else
-				comp_event_callback(eq->eqe_cache[i].cq);
+			else {
+				struct ehca_cq *cq = eq->eqe_cache[i].cq;
+				comp_event_callback(cq);
+				spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+				cq->nr_events--;
+				if (!cq->nr_events)
+					wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock,
+						       flags);
+			}
 		} else {
 			ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got non completion event");
 			parse_identifier(shca, eq->eqe_cache[i].eqe->entry);
@@ -523,7 +535,6 @@
 		if (!eqe)
 			break;
 		process_eqe(shca, eqe);
-		eqe_cnt++;
 	} while (1);
 
 unlock_irq_spinlock:
@@ -567,8 +578,7 @@
 		list_add_tail(&__cq->entry, &cct->cq_list);
 		cct->cq_jobs++;
 		wake_up(&cct->wait_queue);
-	}
-	else
+	} else
 		__cq->nr_callbacks++;
 
 	spin_unlock(&__cq->task_lock);
@@ -577,18 +587,21 @@
 
 static void queue_comp_task(struct ehca_cq *__cq)
 {
-	int cpu;
 	int cpu_id;
 	struct ehca_cpu_comp_task *cct;
+	int cq_jobs;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	cpu = get_cpu();
 	cpu_id = find_next_online_cpu(pool);
 	BUG_ON(!cpu_online(cpu_id));
 
 	cct = per_cpu_ptr(pool->cpu_comp_tasks, cpu_id);
 	BUG_ON(!cct);
 
-	if (cct->cq_jobs > 0) {
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
+	cq_jobs = cct->cq_jobs;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cct->task_lock, flags);
+	if (cq_jobs > 0) {
 		cpu_id = find_next_online_cpu(pool);
 		cct = per_cpu_ptr(pool->cpu_comp_tasks, cpu_id);
 		BUG_ON(!cct);
@@ -608,11 +621,17 @@
 		cq = list_entry(cct->cq_list.next, struct ehca_cq, entry);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cct->task_lock, flags);
 		comp_event_callback(cq);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
 
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+		cq->nr_events--;
+		if (!cq->nr_events)
+			wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
 		spin_lock(&cq->task_lock);
 		cq->nr_callbacks--;
-		if (cq->nr_callbacks == 0) {
+		if (!cq->nr_callbacks) {
 			list_del_init(cct->cq_list.next);
 			cct->cq_jobs--;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
index c183512..059da96 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_main.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christoph Raisch <raisch@de.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM eServer HCA InfiniBand Device Driver");
-MODULE_VERSION("SVNEHCA_0021");
+MODULE_VERSION("SVNEHCA_0022");
 
 int ehca_open_aqp1     = 0;
 int ehca_debug_level   = 0;
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "eHCA Infiniband Device Driver "
-	       "(Rel.: SVNEHCA_0021)\n");
+	       "(Rel.: SVNEHCA_0022)\n");
 	idr_init(&ehca_qp_idr);
 	idr_init(&ehca_cq_idr);
 	spin_lock_init(&ehca_qp_idr_lock);