diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index c88132d..b6584ae 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -734,6 +734,9 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 		rpclen = 0;
 	}
 
+	req->rl_xid = rqst->rq_xid;
+	rpcrdma_insert_req(&r_xprt->rx_buf, req);
+
 	/* This implementation supports the following combinations
 	 * of chunk lists in one RPC-over-RDMA Call message:
 	 *
@@ -987,11 +990,12 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 {
 	struct rpcrdma_rep *rep =
 			container_of(work, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_work);
+	struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rep->rr_rxprt;
+	struct rpcrdma_buffer *buf = &r_xprt->rx_buf;
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = &r_xprt->rx_xprt;
 	struct rpcrdma_msg *headerp;
 	struct rpcrdma_req *req;
 	struct rpc_rqst *rqst;
-	struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rep->rr_rxprt;
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = &r_xprt->rx_xprt;
 	__be32 *iptr;
 	int rdmalen, status, rmerr;
 	unsigned long cwnd;
@@ -1013,28 +1017,45 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	/* Match incoming rpcrdma_rep to an rpcrdma_req to
 	 * get context for handling any incoming chunks.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
-	rqst = xprt_lookup_rqst(xprt, headerp->rm_xid);
-	if (!rqst)
+	spin_lock(&buf->rb_lock);
+	req = rpcrdma_lookup_req_locked(&r_xprt->rx_buf,
+					headerp->rm_xid);
+	if (!req)
 		goto out_nomatch;
-
-	req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rqst);
 	if (req->rl_reply)
 		goto out_duplicate;
 
-	/* Sanity checking has passed. We are now committed
-	 * to complete this transaction.
-	 */
 	list_replace_init(&req->rl_registered, &mws);
 	rpcrdma_mark_remote_invalidation(&mws, rep);
-	list_del_init(&rqst->rq_list);
+
+	/* Avoid races with signals and duplicate replies
+	 * by marking this req as matched.
+	 */
 	req->rl_reply = rep;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&buf->rb_lock);
+
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: reply %p completes request %p (xid 0x%08x)\n",
 		__func__, rep, req, be32_to_cpu(headerp->rm_xid));
 
-	xprt->reestablish_timeout = 0;
+	/* Invalidate and unmap the data payloads before waking the
+	 * waiting application. This guarantees the memory regions
+	 * are properly fenced from the server before the application
+	 * accesses the data. It also ensures proper send flow control:
+	 * waking the next RPC waits until this RPC has relinquished
+	 * all its Send Queue entries.
+	 */
+	if (!list_empty(&mws))
+		r_xprt->rx_ia.ri_ops->ro_unmap_sync(r_xprt, &mws);
 
+	/* Perform XID lookup, reconstruction of the RPC reply, and
+	 * RPC completion while holding the transport lock to ensure
+	 * the rep, rqst, and rq_task pointers remain stable.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	rqst = xprt_lookup_rqst(xprt, headerp->rm_xid);
+	if (!rqst)
+		goto out_norqst;
+	xprt->reestablish_timeout = 0;
 	if (headerp->rm_vers != rpcrdma_version)
 		goto out_badversion;
 
@@ -1109,17 +1130,6 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	}
 
 out:
-	/* Invalidate and flush the data payloads before waking the
-	 * waiting application. This guarantees the memory region is
-	 * properly fenced from the server before the application
-	 * accesses the data. It also ensures proper send flow
-	 * control: waking the next RPC waits until this RPC has
-	 * relinquished all its Send Queue entries.
-	 */
-	if (!list_empty(&mws))
-		r_xprt->rx_ia.ri_ops->ro_unmap_sync(r_xprt, &mws);
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	cwnd = xprt->cwnd;
 	xprt->cwnd = atomic_read(&r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_credits) << RPC_CWNDSHIFT;
 	if (xprt->cwnd > cwnd)
@@ -1128,7 +1138,7 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	xprt_complete_rqst(rqst->rq_task, status);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: xprt_complete_rqst(0x%p, 0x%p, %d)\n",
-			__func__, xprt, rqst, status);
+		__func__, xprt, rqst, status);
 	return;
 
 out_badstatus:
@@ -1177,26 +1187,37 @@ static bool rpcrdma_results_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	r_xprt->rx_stats.bad_reply_count++;
 	goto out;
 
-/* If no pending RPC transaction was matched, post a replacement
- * receive buffer before returning.
+/* The req was still available, but by the time the transport_lock
+ * was acquired, the rqst and task had been released. Thus the RPC
+ * has already been terminated.
  */
+out_norqst:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	rpcrdma_buffer_put(req);
+	dprintk("RPC:       %s: race, no rqst left for req %p\n",
+		__func__, req);
+	return;
+
 out_shortreply:
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: short/invalid reply\n", __func__);
 	goto repost;
 
 out_nomatch:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&buf->rb_lock);
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: no match for incoming xid 0x%08x len %d\n",
 		__func__, be32_to_cpu(headerp->rm_xid),
 		rep->rr_len);
 	goto repost;
 
 out_duplicate:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&buf->rb_lock);
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: "
 		"duplicate reply %p to RPC request %p: xid 0x%08x\n",
 		__func__, rep, req, be32_to_cpu(headerp->rm_xid));
 
+/* If no pending RPC transaction was matched, post a replacement
+ * receive buffer before returning.
+ */
 repost:
 	r_xprt->rx_stats.bad_reply_count++;
 	if (rpcrdma_ep_post_recv(&r_xprt->rx_ia, rep))
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index 62ecbcc..d1c458e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -684,7 +684,8 @@
 
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: called on 0x%p\n", __func__, req->rl_reply);
 
-	if (unlikely(!list_empty(&req->rl_registered)))
+	rpcrdma_remove_req(&r_xprt->rx_buf, req);
+	if (!list_empty(&req->rl_registered))
 		ia->ri_ops->ro_unmap_safe(r_xprt, req, !RPC_IS_ASYNC(task));
 	rpcrdma_unmap_sges(ia, req);
 	rpcrdma_buffer_put(req);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index df72224..a215a87 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_rep *
 	spin_lock_init(&buf->rb_recovery_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->rb_mws);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->rb_all);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->rb_pending);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->rb_stale_mrs);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&buf->rb_refresh_worker,
 			  rpcrdma_mr_refresh_worker);
@@ -1084,7 +1085,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_rep *
 
 	req = list_first_entry(&buf->rb_send_bufs,
 			       struct rpcrdma_req, rl_list);
-	list_del(&req->rl_list);
+	list_del_init(&req->rl_list);
 	return req;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index ad918c8..b282d3f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ enum {
 struct rpcrdma_buffer;
 struct rpcrdma_req {
 	struct list_head	rl_list;
+	__be32			rl_xid;
 	unsigned int		rl_mapped_sges;
 	unsigned int		rl_connect_cookie;
 	struct rpcrdma_buffer	*rl_buffer;
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_buffer {
 	int			rb_send_count, rb_recv_count;
 	struct list_head	rb_send_bufs;
 	struct list_head	rb_recv_bufs;
+	struct list_head	rb_pending;
 	u32			rb_max_requests;
 	atomic_t		rb_credits;	/* most recent credit grant */
 
@@ -550,6 +552,34 @@ int rpcrdma_ep_post(struct rpcrdma_ia *, struct rpcrdma_ep *,
 int rpcrdma_buffer_create(struct rpcrdma_xprt *);
 void rpcrdma_buffer_destroy(struct rpcrdma_buffer *);
 
+static inline void
+rpcrdma_insert_req(struct rpcrdma_buffer *buffers, struct rpcrdma_req *req)
+{
+	spin_lock(&buffers->rb_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&req->rl_list))
+		list_add_tail(&req->rl_list, &buffers->rb_pending);
+	spin_unlock(&buffers->rb_lock);
+}
+
+static inline struct rpcrdma_req *
+rpcrdma_lookup_req_locked(struct rpcrdma_buffer *buffers, __be32 xid)
+{
+	struct rpcrdma_req *pos;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &buffers->rb_pending, rl_list)
+		if (pos->rl_xid == xid)
+			return pos;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void
+rpcrdma_remove_req(struct rpcrdma_buffer *buffers, struct rpcrdma_req *req)
+{
+	spin_lock(&buffers->rb_lock);
+	list_del(&req->rl_list);
+	spin_unlock(&buffers->rb_lock);
+}
+
 struct rpcrdma_mw *rpcrdma_get_mw(struct rpcrdma_xprt *);
 void rpcrdma_put_mw(struct rpcrdma_xprt *, struct rpcrdma_mw *);
 struct rpcrdma_req *rpcrdma_buffer_get(struct rpcrdma_buffer *);
