diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
index e8a1b27db84d..234c6f30effb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ struct qede_rdma_dev {
 	struct list_head entry;
 	struct list_head rdma_event_list;
 	struct workqueue_struct *rdma_wq;
+	struct kref refcnt;
+	struct completion event_comp;
 	bool exp_recovery;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
index ffabc2d2f082..2d873ae8a234 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_rdma.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ static void _qede_rdma_dev_add(struct qede_dev *edev)
 static int qede_rdma_create_wq(struct qede_dev *edev)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&edev->rdma_info.rdma_event_list);
+	kref_init(&edev->rdma_info.refcnt);
+	init_completion(&edev->rdma_info.event_comp);
+
 	edev->rdma_info.rdma_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("rdma_wq");
 	if (!edev->rdma_info.rdma_wq) {
 		DP_NOTICE(edev, "qedr: Could not create workqueue\n");
@@ -83,8 +86,23 @@ static void qede_rdma_cleanup_event(struct qede_dev *edev)
 	}
 }
 
+static void qede_rdma_complete_event(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct qede_rdma_dev *rdma_dev =
+		container_of(ref, struct qede_rdma_dev, refcnt);
+
+	/* no more events will be added after this */
+	complete(&rdma_dev->event_comp);
+}
+
 static void qede_rdma_destroy_wq(struct qede_dev *edev)
 {
+	/* Avoid race with add_event flow, make sure it finishes before
+	 * we start accessing the list and cleaning up the work
+	 */
+	kref_put(&edev->rdma_info.refcnt, qede_rdma_complete_event);
+	wait_for_completion(&edev->rdma_info.event_comp);
+
 	qede_rdma_cleanup_event(edev);
 	destroy_workqueue(edev->rdma_info.rdma_wq);
 }
@@ -310,15 +328,24 @@ static void qede_rdma_add_event(struct qede_dev *edev,
 	if (!edev->rdma_info.qedr_dev)
 		return;
 
+	/* We don't want the cleanup flow to start while we're allocating and
+	 * scheduling the work
+	 */
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&edev->rdma_info.refcnt))
+		return; /* already being destroyed */
+
 	event_node = qede_rdma_get_free_event_node(edev);
 	if (!event_node)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	event_node->event = event;
 	event_node->ptr = edev;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, qede_rdma_handle_event);
 	queue_work(edev->rdma_info.rdma_wq, &event_node->work);
+
+out:
+	kref_put(&edev->rdma_info.refcnt, qede_rdma_complete_event);
 }
 
 void qede_rdma_dev_event_open(struct qede_dev *edev)