if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used > nesadapter->free_4kpbl) {
                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
                                ret = -ENOMEM;
-                               goto failed_vpbl_alloc;
+                               goto failed_vpbl_avail;
                        } else {
                                nesadapter->free_4kpbl -= nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
                        }
                        if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used > nesadapter->free_256pbl) {
                                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
                                ret = -ENOMEM;
-                               goto failed_vpbl_alloc;
+                               goto failed_vpbl_avail;
                        } else {
                                nesadapter->free_256pbl -= nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
                        }
                        goto failed_vpbl_alloc;
                }
 
-               nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl)*1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+               nesfmr->leaf_pbl_cnt = nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used-1;
+               nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl)*1024, GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (!nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl) {
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
                        ret = -ENOMEM;
                        goto failed_leaf_vpbl_alloc;
                }
 
-               nesfmr->leaf_pbl_cnt = nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used-1;
                nes_debug(NES_DBG_MR, "two level pbl, root_vpbl.pbl_vbase=%p"
                                " leaf_pbl_cnt=%d root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl=%p\n",
                                nesfmr->root_vpbl.pbl_vbase, nesfmr->leaf_pbl_cnt, nesfmr->root_vpbl.leaf_vpbl);
                                nesfmr->root_vpbl.pbl_pbase);
 
        failed_vpbl_alloc:
+       if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used != 0) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
+               if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbl_4k)
+                       nesadapter->free_4kpbl += nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
+               else
+                       nesadapter->free_256pbl += nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
+       }
+
+failed_vpbl_avail:
        kfree(nesfmr);
 
        failed_fmr_alloc:
  */
 static int nes_dealloc_fmr(struct ib_fmr *ibfmr)
 {
+       unsigned long flags;
        struct nes_mr *nesmr = to_nesmr_from_ibfmr(ibfmr);
        struct nes_fmr *nesfmr = to_nesfmr(nesmr);
        struct nes_vnic *nesvnic = to_nesvnic(ibfmr->device);
        struct nes_device *nesdev = nesvnic->nesdev;
-       struct nes_mr temp_nesmr = *nesmr;
+       struct nes_adapter *nesadapter = nesdev->nesadapter;
        int i = 0;
 
-       temp_nesmr.ibmw.device = ibfmr->device;
-       temp_nesmr.ibmw.pd = ibfmr->pd;
-       temp_nesmr.ibmw.rkey = ibfmr->rkey;
-       temp_nesmr.ibmw.uobject = NULL;
-
        /* free the resources */
        if (nesfmr->leaf_pbl_cnt == 0) {
                /* single PBL case */
                pci_free_consistent(nesdev->pcidev, 8192, nesfmr->root_vpbl.pbl_vbase,
                                nesfmr->root_vpbl.pbl_pbase);
        }
+       nesmr->ibmw.device = ibfmr->device;
+       nesmr->ibmw.pd = ibfmr->pd;
+       nesmr->ibmw.rkey = ibfmr->rkey;
+       nesmr->ibmw.uobject = NULL;
+
+       if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used != 0) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
+               if (nesfmr->nesmr.pbl_4k) {
+                       nesadapter->free_4kpbl += nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
+                       WARN_ON(nesadapter->free_4kpbl > nesadapter->max_4kpbl);
+               } else {
+                       nesadapter->free_256pbl += nesfmr->nesmr.pbls_used;
+                       WARN_ON(nesadapter->free_256pbl > nesadapter->max_256pbl);
+               }
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nesadapter->pbl_lock, flags);
+       }
 
-       return nes_dealloc_mw(&temp_nesmr.ibmw);
+       return nes_dealloc_mw(&nesmr->ibmw);
 }