diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
index a3eed4da1540..da1d96ec1ba6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct rxe_mc_elem *mce;
 	struct rxe_qp *qp;
 	union ib_gid dgid;
+	struct sk_buff *per_qp_skb;
+	struct rxe_pkt_info *per_qp_pkt;
 	int err;
 
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
@@ -261,21 +263,26 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (err)
 			continue;
 
-		/* if *not* the last qp in the list
-		 * increase the users of the skb then post to the next qp
+		/* for all but the last qp create a new clone of the
+		 * skb and pass to the qp.
 		 */
 		if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list)
-			skb_get(skb);
+			per_qp_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		else
+			per_qp_skb = skb;
 
-		pkt->qp = qp;
+		per_qp_pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(per_qp_skb);
+		per_qp_pkt->qp = qp;
 		rxe_add_ref(qp);
-		rxe_rcv_pkt(pkt, skb);
+		rxe_rcv_pkt(per_qp_pkt, per_qp_skb);
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mcg->mcg_lock);
 
 	rxe_drop_ref(mcg);	/* drop ref from rxe_pool_get_key. */
 
+	return;
+
 err1:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }