diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index 831ad578a7b29d2ba61a3ed475f2c7ffdcffc7a3..46e111c218fd4fbb9577c492635246b2d4e7d12c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -330,10 +330,14 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int rxe_match_dgid(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(skb);
 	const struct ib_gid_attr *gid_attr;
 	union ib_gid dgid;
 	union ib_gid *pdgid;
 
+	if (pkt->mask & RXE_LOOPBACK_MASK)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 		ipv6_addr_set_v4mapped(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr,
 				       (struct in6_addr *)&dgid);
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ void rxe_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (unlikely(skb->len < pkt->offset + RXE_BTH_BYTES))
 		goto drop;
 
-	if (unlikely(rxe_match_dgid(rxe, skb) < 0)) {
+	if (rxe_match_dgid(rxe, skb) < 0) {
 		pr_warn_ratelimited("failed matching dgid\n");
 		goto drop;
 	}