diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index f580f72ae69e..39f502d47969 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ static void rds_tcp_conn_free(void *arg)
 	rdsdebug("freeing tc %p\n", tc);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
-	list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+	if (!tc->t_tcp_node_detached)
+		list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(rds_tcp_conn_slab, tc);
@@ -510,8 +511,12 @@ static void rds_tcp_kill_sock(struct net *net)
 
 		if (net != c_net || !tc->t_sock)
 			continue;
-		if (!list_has_conn(&tmp_list, tc->t_cpath->cp_conn))
+		if (!list_has_conn(&tmp_list, tc->t_cpath->cp_conn)) {
 			list_move_tail(&tc->t_tcp_node, &tmp_list);
+		} else {
+			list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+			tc->t_tcp_node_detached = true;
+		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(tc, _tc, &tmp_list, t_tcp_node)
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.h b/net/rds/tcp.h
index 1aafbf7c3011..e7858ee8ed8b 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.h
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ struct rds_tcp_incoming {
 struct rds_tcp_connection {
 
 	struct list_head	t_tcp_node;
+	bool			t_tcp_node_detached;
 	struct rds_conn_path	*t_cpath;
 	/* t_conn_path_lock synchronizes the connection establishment between
 	 * rds_tcp_accept_one and rds_tcp_conn_path_connect