diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
index 16056b918ace..239c24544ff2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.c
@@ -21,19 +21,17 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.name		= "rxe-uc",
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_ucontext),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_ucontext, elem),
-		.flags          = RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
 	},
 	[RXE_TYPE_PD] = {
 		.name		= "rxe-pd",
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_pd),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_pd, elem),
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
 	},
 	[RXE_TYPE_AH] = {
 		.name		= "rxe-ah",
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_ah),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_ah, elem),
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX | RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
+		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX,
 		.min_index	= RXE_MIN_AH_INDEX,
 		.max_index	= RXE_MAX_AH_INDEX,
 	},
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.name		= "rxe-srq",
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_srq),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_srq, elem),
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX | RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
+		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX,
 		.min_index	= RXE_MIN_SRQ_INDEX,
 		.max_index	= RXE_MAX_SRQ_INDEX,
 	},
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_qp),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_qp, elem),
 		.cleanup	= rxe_qp_cleanup,
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX | RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
+		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX,
 		.min_index	= RXE_MIN_QP_INDEX,
 		.max_index	= RXE_MAX_QP_INDEX,
 	},
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.name		= "rxe-cq",
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_cq),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_cq, elem),
-		.flags          = RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
 		.cleanup	= rxe_cq_cleanup,
 	},
 	[RXE_TYPE_MR] = {
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_mr),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_mr, elem),
 		.cleanup	= rxe_mr_cleanup,
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX,
+		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX | RXE_POOL_ALLOC,
 		.min_index	= RXE_MIN_MR_INDEX,
 		.max_index	= RXE_MAX_MR_INDEX,
 	},
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ static const struct rxe_type_info {
 		.size		= sizeof(struct rxe_mw),
 		.elem_offset	= offsetof(struct rxe_mw, elem),
 		.cleanup	= rxe_mw_cleanup,
-		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX | RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC,
+		.flags		= RXE_POOL_INDEX,
 		.min_index	= RXE_MIN_MW_INDEX,
 		.max_index	= RXE_MAX_MW_INDEX,
 	},
@@ -264,6 +261,9 @@ void *rxe_alloc(struct rxe_pool *pool)
 	struct rxe_pool_elem *elem;
 	void *obj;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!(pool->flags & RXE_POOL_ALLOC)))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&pool->num_elem) > pool->max_elem)
 		goto out_cnt;
 
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@ out_cnt:
 
 int __rxe_add_to_pool(struct rxe_pool *pool, struct rxe_pool_elem *elem)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(pool->flags & RXE_POOL_ALLOC))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&pool->num_elem) > pool->max_elem)
 		goto out_cnt;
 
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ void rxe_elem_release(struct kref *kref)
 	if (pool->cleanup)
 		pool->cleanup(elem);
 
-	if (!(pool->flags & RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC)) {
+	if (pool->flags & RXE_POOL_ALLOC) {
 		obj = elem->obj;
 		kfree(obj);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
index 8fc95c6b7b9b..44b944c8c360 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_pool.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 enum rxe_pool_flags {
 	RXE_POOL_INDEX		= BIT(1),
-	RXE_POOL_NO_ALLOC	= BIT(4),
+	RXE_POOL_ALLOC		= BIT(2),
 };
 
 enum rxe_elem_type {