diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h
index b7e2844f096b..8f36e231bdf5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_hw.h
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ struct nes_hw_qp {
 };
 
 struct nes_hw_cq {
-	struct nes_hw_cqe volatile *cq_vbase;	/* PCI memory for host rings */
+	struct nes_hw_cqe *cq_vbase;	/* PCI memory for host rings */
 	void (*ce_handler)(struct nes_device *nesdev, struct nes_hw_cq *cq);
 	dma_addr_t cq_pbase;	/* PCI memory for host rings */
 	u16 cq_head;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
index f9a5d4390892..ee74f7c7a6da 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ static int nes_destroy_cq(struct ib_cq *ib_cq)
 
 	if (nescq->cq_mem_size)
 		pci_free_consistent(nesdev->pcidev, nescq->cq_mem_size,
-				(void *)nescq->hw_cq.cq_vbase, nescq->hw_cq.cq_pbase);
+				    nescq->hw_cq.cq_vbase, nescq->hw_cq.cq_pbase);
 	kfree(nescq);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -3610,6 +3610,12 @@ static int nes_poll_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int num_entries, struct ib_wc *entry)
 	while (cqe_count < num_entries) {
 		if (le32_to_cpu(nescq->hw_cq.cq_vbase[head].cqe_words[NES_CQE_OPCODE_IDX]) &
 				NES_CQE_VALID) {
+			/*
+			 * Make sure we read CQ entry contents *after*
+			 * we've checked the valid bit.
+			 */
+			rmb();
+
 			cqe = nescq->hw_cq.cq_vbase[head];
 			nescq->hw_cq.cq_vbase[head].cqe_words[NES_CQE_OPCODE_IDX] = 0;
 			u32temp = le32_to_cpu(cqe.cqe_words[NES_CQE_COMP_COMP_CTX_LOW_IDX]);