diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index aa6f71570b77..8cf53eb13148 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -1490,19 +1490,19 @@ static int clean_mr(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr)
 	mlx5_free_priv_descs(mr);
 
 	if (!allocated_from_cache) {
+		u32 key = mr->mmkey.key;
+
 		err = destroy_mkey(dev, mr);
+		kfree(mr);
 		if (err) {
 			mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "failed to destroy mkey 0x%x (%d)\n",
-				     mr->mmkey.key, err);
+				     key, err);
 			return err;
 		}
 	} else {
 		mlx5_mr_cache_free(dev, mr);
 	}
 
-	if (!allocated_from_cache)
-		kfree(mr);
-
 	return 0;
 }