diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 50bbd07b9747..f3a28119d145 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -1248,10 +1248,8 @@ err_1:
 }
 
 static void set_mr_fields(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr,
-			  int npages, u64 length, int access_flags)
+			  u64 length, int access_flags)
 {
-	mr->npages = npages;
-	atomic_add(npages, &dev->mdev->priv.reg_pages);
 	mr->ibmr.lkey = mr->mmkey.key;
 	mr->ibmr.rkey = mr->mmkey.key;
 	mr->ibmr.length = length;
@@ -1291,8 +1289,7 @@ static struct ib_mr *mlx5_ib_get_dm_mr(struct ib_pd *pd, u64 start_addr,
 
 	kfree(in);
 
-	mr->umem = NULL;
-	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, 0, length, acc);
+	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, length, acc);
 
 	return &mr->ibmr;
 
@@ -1420,7 +1417,9 @@ struct ib_mr *mlx5_ib_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *pd, u64 start, u64 length,
 	mlx5_ib_dbg(dev, "mkey 0x%x\n", mr->mmkey.key);
 
 	mr->umem = umem;
-	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, npages, length, access_flags);
+	mr->npages = npages;
+	atomic_add(mr->npages, &dev->mdev->priv.reg_pages);
+	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, length, access_flags);
 
 	if (xlt_with_umr && !(access_flags & IB_ACCESS_ON_DEMAND)) {
 		/*
@@ -1532,8 +1531,6 @@ int mlx5_ib_rereg_user_mr(struct ib_mr *ib_mr, int flags, u64 start,
 	mlx5_ib_dbg(dev, "start 0x%llx, virt_addr 0x%llx, length 0x%llx, access_flags 0x%x\n",
 		    start, virt_addr, length, access_flags);
 
-	atomic_sub(mr->npages, &dev->mdev->priv.reg_pages);
-
 	if (!mr->umem)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1554,12 +1551,17 @@ int mlx5_ib_rereg_user_mr(struct ib_mr *ib_mr, int flags, u64 start,
 		 * used.
 		 */
 		flags |= IB_MR_REREG_TRANS;
+		atomic_sub(mr->npages, &dev->mdev->priv.reg_pages);
+		mr->npages = 0;
 		ib_umem_release(mr->umem);
 		mr->umem = NULL;
+
 		err = mr_umem_get(dev, addr, len, access_flags, &mr->umem,
 				  &npages, &page_shift, &ncont, &order);
 		if (err)
 			goto err;
+		mr->npages = ncont;
+		atomic_add(mr->npages, &dev->mdev->priv.reg_pages);
 	}
 
 	if (!mlx5_ib_can_reconfig_with_umr(dev, mr->access_flags,
@@ -1610,7 +1612,7 @@ int mlx5_ib_rereg_user_mr(struct ib_mr *ib_mr, int flags, u64 start,
 			goto err;
 	}
 
-	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, npages, len, access_flags);
+	set_mr_fields(dev, mr, len, access_flags);
 
 	return 0;