diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 7bb1b9d0941c..85289fddc2ae 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -536,8 +536,10 @@ static void __cache_work_func(struct mlx5_cache_ent *ent)
 		spin_lock_irq(&ent->lock);
 		if (ent->disabled)
 			goto out;
-		if (need_delay)
+		if (need_delay) {
 			queue_delayed_work(cache->wq, &ent->dwork, 300 * HZ);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		remove_cache_mr_locked(ent);
 		queue_adjust_cache_locked(ent);
 	}