diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 4ca50ddf8d1619a78e8a119ef2701d69957a8cd9..88556f0251ab974b9821b18ecf83ddb9a334fa36 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int smc_lgr_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 	lgr = kzalloc(sizeof(*lgr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lgr) {
 		rc = SMC_CLC_DECL_MEM;
-		goto out;
+		goto ism_put_vlan;
 	}
 	lgr->is_smcd = ini->is_smcd;
 	lgr->sync_err = 0;
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ static int smc_lgr_create(struct smc_sock *smc, struct smc_init_info *ini)
 	smc_llc_link_clear(lnk);
 free_lgr:
 	kfree(lgr);
+ism_put_vlan:
+	if (ini->is_smcd && ini->vlan_id)
+		smc_ism_put_vlan(ini->ism_dev, ini->vlan_id);
 out:
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		if (rc == -ENOMEM)
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_rx.c b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
index 413a6abf227ef13dacc8c6c20ccb92aa953a1bf0..97e8369002d71e970d4c01589cf9f671fddde6ea 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_rx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ int smc_rx_wait(struct smc_sock *smc, long *timeo,
 	rc = sk_wait_event(sk, timeo,
 			   sk->sk_err ||
 			   sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN ||
-			   fcrit(conn) ||
-			   smc_cdc_rxed_any_close_or_senddone(conn),
+			   fcrit(conn),
 			   &wait);
 	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	sk_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);
@@ -262,6 +261,18 @@ static int smc_rx_recv_urg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg, int len,
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
+static bool smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(struct smc_sock *smc)
+{
+	struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
+
+	if (smc_rx_data_available(conn))
+		return true;
+	else if (conn->urg_state == SMC_URG_VALID)
+		/* we received a single urgent Byte - skip */
+		smc_rx_update_cons(smc, 0);
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* smc_rx_recvmsg - receive data from RMBE
  * @msg:	copy data to receive buffer
  * @pipe:	copy data to pipe if set - indicates splice() call
@@ -303,16 +314,18 @@ int smc_rx_recvmsg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg,
 		if (read_done >= target || (pipe && read_done))
 			break;
 
-		if (atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv))
+		if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc))
 			goto copy;
-		else if (conn->urg_state == SMC_URG_VALID)
-			/* we received a single urgent Byte - skip */
-			smc_rx_update_cons(smc, 0);
 
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN ||
-		    smc_cdc_rxed_any_close_or_senddone(conn) ||
-		    conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort)
+		    conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort) {
+			/* smc_cdc_msg_recv_action() could have run after
+			 * above smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available()
+			 */
+			if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc))
+				goto copy;
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (read_done) {
 			if (sk->sk_err ||