diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index 11f3daf2076889900947cd032f729958e405ddba..c9984a28eecc789090dc1f3b63eaebaafda1bba6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		else
 			per_qp_skb = skb;
 
+		if (unlikely(!per_qp_skb))
+			continue;
+
 		per_qp_pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(per_qp_skb);
 		per_qp_pkt->qp = qp;
 		rxe_add_ref(qp);