spin_lock_init(&my_cq->spinlock);
        spin_lock_init(&my_cq->cb_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&my_cq->task_lock);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&my_cq->wait_completion);
        my_cq->ownpid = current->tgid;
 
        cq = &my_cq->ib_cq;
        return cq;
 }
 
+static int get_cq_nr_events(struct ehca_cq *my_cq)
+{
+       int ret;
+       unsigned long flags;
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+       ret = my_cq->nr_events;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int ehca_destroy_cq(struct ib_cq *cq)
 {
        u64 h_ret;
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-       while (my_cq->nr_callbacks) {
+       while (my_cq->nr_events) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-               yield();
+               wait_event(my_cq->wait_completion, !get_cq_nr_events(my_cq));
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+               /* recheck nr_events to assure no cqe has just arrived */
        }
 
        idr_remove(&ehca_cq_idr, my_cq->token);
 
        u32 token;
        unsigned long flags;
        struct ehca_cq *cq;
+
        eqe_value = eqe->entry;
        ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "eqe_value=%lx", eqe_value);
        if (EHCA_BMASK_GET(EQE_COMPLETION_EVENT, eqe_value)) {
-               ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "... completion event");
+               ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got completion event");
                token = EHCA_BMASK_GET(EQE_CQ_TOKEN, eqe_value);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
                cq = idr_find(&ehca_cq_idr, token);
                        return;
                }
                reset_eq_pending(cq);
-               if (ehca_scaling_code) {
+               cq->nr_events++;
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+               if (ehca_scaling_code)
                        queue_comp_task(cq);
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
-               } else {
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+               else {
                        comp_event_callback(cq);
+                       spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+                       cq->nr_events--;
+                       if (!cq->nr_events)
+                               wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
                }
        } else {
-               ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device,
-                        "Got non completion event");
+               ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got non completion event");
                parse_identifier(shca, eqe_value);
        }
 }
                                         "token=%x", token);
                                continue;
                        }
+                       eqe_cache[eqe_cnt].cq->nr_events++;
                        spin_unlock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
                } else
                        eqe_cache[eqe_cnt].cq = NULL;
        /* call completion handler for cached eqes */
        for (i = 0; i < eqe_cnt; i++)
                if (eq->eqe_cache[i].cq) {
-                       if (ehca_scaling_code) {
-                               spin_lock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
+                       if (ehca_scaling_code)
                                queue_comp_task(eq->eqe_cache[i].cq);
-                               spin_unlock(&ehca_cq_idr_lock);
-                       } else
-                               comp_event_callback(eq->eqe_cache[i].cq);
+                       else {
+                               struct ehca_cq *cq = eq->eqe_cache[i].cq;
+                               comp_event_callback(cq);
+                               spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+                               cq->nr_events--;
+                               if (!cq->nr_events)
+                                       wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+                               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock,
+                                                      flags);
+                       }
                } else {
                        ehca_dbg(&shca->ib_device, "Got non completion event");
                        parse_identifier(shca, eq->eqe_cache[i].eqe->entry);
                if (!eqe)
                        break;
                process_eqe(shca, eqe);
-               eqe_cnt++;
        } while (1);
 
 unlock_irq_spinlock:
                list_add_tail(&__cq->entry, &cct->cq_list);
                cct->cq_jobs++;
                wake_up(&cct->wait_queue);
-       }
-       else
+       } else
                __cq->nr_callbacks++;
 
        spin_unlock(&__cq->task_lock);
 
 static void queue_comp_task(struct ehca_cq *__cq)
 {
-       int cpu;
        int cpu_id;
        struct ehca_cpu_comp_task *cct;
+       int cq_jobs;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
-       cpu = get_cpu();
        cpu_id = find_next_online_cpu(pool);
        BUG_ON(!cpu_online(cpu_id));
 
        cct = per_cpu_ptr(pool->cpu_comp_tasks, cpu_id);
        BUG_ON(!cct);
 
-       if (cct->cq_jobs > 0) {
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
+       cq_jobs = cct->cq_jobs;
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cct->task_lock, flags);
+       if (cq_jobs > 0) {
                cpu_id = find_next_online_cpu(pool);
                cct = per_cpu_ptr(pool->cpu_comp_tasks, cpu_id);
                BUG_ON(!cct);
                cq = list_entry(cct->cq_list.next, struct ehca_cq, entry);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cct->task_lock, flags);
                comp_event_callback(cq);
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
 
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+               cq->nr_events--;
+               if (!cq->nr_events)
+                       wake_up(&cq->wait_completion);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ehca_cq_idr_lock, flags);
+
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&cct->task_lock, flags);
                spin_lock(&cq->task_lock);
                cq->nr_callbacks--;
-               if (cq->nr_callbacks == 0) {
+               if (!cq->nr_callbacks) {
                        list_del_init(cct->cq_list.next);
                        cct->cq_jobs--;
                }