diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
index 988bbda67952..74c30f4c557e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ struct ib_mad_agent *ib_register_mad_agent(struct ib_device *device,
 				goto error1;
 			}
 		}
+
 		/* Make sure class supplied is consistent with QP type */
 		if (qp_type == IB_QPT_SMI) {
 			if ((mad_reg_req->mgmt_class !=
@@ -309,6 +310,8 @@ struct ib_mad_agent *ib_register_mad_agent(struct ib_device *device,
 		/* No registration request supplied */
 		if (!send_handler)
 			goto error1;
+		if (registration_flags & IB_MAD_USER_RMPP)
+			goto error1;
 	}
 
 	/* Validate device and port */
@@ -907,6 +910,12 @@ static int alloc_send_rmpp_list(struct ib_mad_send_wr_private *send_wr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(struct ib_mad_agent *agent)
+{
+	return agent->rmpp_version && !(agent->flags & IB_MAD_USER_RMPP);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent);
+
 struct ib_mad_send_buf * ib_create_send_mad(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
 					    u32 remote_qpn, u16 pkey_index,
 					    int rmpp_active,
@@ -923,10 +932,12 @@ struct ib_mad_send_buf * ib_create_send_mad(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
 	pad = get_pad_size(hdr_len, data_len);
 	message_size = hdr_len + data_len + pad;
 
-	if ((!mad_agent->rmpp_version &&
-	     (rmpp_active || message_size > sizeof(struct ib_mad))) ||
-	    (!rmpp_active && message_size > sizeof(struct ib_mad)))
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	if (ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(mad_agent)) {
+		if (!rmpp_active && message_size > sizeof(struct ib_mad))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	} else
+		if (rmpp_active || message_size > sizeof(struct ib_mad))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	size = rmpp_active ? hdr_len : sizeof(struct ib_mad);
 	buf = kzalloc(sizeof *mad_send_wr + size, gfp_mask);
@@ -1180,7 +1191,7 @@ int ib_post_send_mad(struct ib_mad_send_buf *send_buf,
 			      &mad_agent_priv->send_list);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mad_agent_priv->lock, flags);
 
-		if (mad_agent_priv->agent.rmpp_version) {
+		if (ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_agent_priv->agent)) {
 			ret = ib_send_rmpp_mad(mad_send_wr);
 			if (ret >= 0 && ret != IB_RMPP_RESULT_CONSUMED)
 				ret = ib_send_mad(mad_send_wr);
@@ -1730,6 +1741,7 @@ static int is_data_mad(struct ib_mad_agent_private *mad_agent_priv,
 
 	rmpp_mad = (struct ib_rmpp_mad *)mad_hdr;
 	return !mad_agent_priv->agent.rmpp_version ||
+		!ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_agent_priv->agent) ||
 		!(ib_get_rmpp_flags(&rmpp_mad->rmpp_hdr) &
 				    IB_MGMT_RMPP_FLAG_ACTIVE) ||
 		(rmpp_mad->rmpp_hdr.rmpp_type == IB_MGMT_RMPP_TYPE_DATA);
@@ -1857,7 +1869,7 @@ static void ib_mad_complete_recv(struct ib_mad_agent_private *mad_agent_priv,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list);
 	list_add(&mad_recv_wc->recv_buf.list, &mad_recv_wc->rmpp_list);
-	if (mad_agent_priv->agent.rmpp_version) {
+	if (ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_agent_priv->agent)) {
 		mad_recv_wc = ib_process_rmpp_recv_wc(mad_agent_priv,
 						      mad_recv_wc);
 		if (!mad_recv_wc) {
@@ -1872,23 +1884,39 @@ static void ib_mad_complete_recv(struct ib_mad_agent_private *mad_agent_priv,
 		mad_send_wr = ib_find_send_mad(mad_agent_priv, mad_recv_wc);
 		if (!mad_send_wr) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mad_agent_priv->lock, flags);
-			ib_free_recv_mad(mad_recv_wc);
-			deref_mad_agent(mad_agent_priv);
-			return;
+			if (!ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_agent_priv->agent)
+			   && ib_is_mad_class_rmpp(mad_recv_wc->recv_buf.mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class)
+			   && (ib_get_rmpp_flags(&((struct ib_rmpp_mad *)mad_recv_wc->recv_buf.mad)->rmpp_hdr)
+					& IB_MGMT_RMPP_FLAG_ACTIVE)) {
+				/* user rmpp is in effect
+				 * and this is an active RMPP MAD
+				 */
+				mad_recv_wc->wc->wr_id = 0;
+				mad_agent_priv->agent.recv_handler(&mad_agent_priv->agent,
+								   mad_recv_wc);
+				atomic_dec(&mad_agent_priv->refcount);
+			} else {
+				/* not user rmpp, revert to normal behavior and
+				 * drop the mad */
+				ib_free_recv_mad(mad_recv_wc);
+				deref_mad_agent(mad_agent_priv);
+				return;
+			}
+		} else {
+			ib_mark_mad_done(mad_send_wr);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mad_agent_priv->lock, flags);
+
+			/* Defined behavior is to complete response before request */
+			mad_recv_wc->wc->wr_id = (unsigned long) &mad_send_wr->send_buf;
+			mad_agent_priv->agent.recv_handler(&mad_agent_priv->agent,
+							   mad_recv_wc);
+			atomic_dec(&mad_agent_priv->refcount);
+
+			mad_send_wc.status = IB_WC_SUCCESS;
+			mad_send_wc.vendor_err = 0;
+			mad_send_wc.send_buf = &mad_send_wr->send_buf;
+			ib_mad_complete_send_wr(mad_send_wr, &mad_send_wc);
 		}
-		ib_mark_mad_done(mad_send_wr);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mad_agent_priv->lock, flags);
-
-		/* Defined behavior is to complete response before request */
-		mad_recv_wc->wc->wr_id = (unsigned long) &mad_send_wr->send_buf;
-		mad_agent_priv->agent.recv_handler(&mad_agent_priv->agent,
-						   mad_recv_wc);
-		atomic_dec(&mad_agent_priv->refcount);
-
-		mad_send_wc.status = IB_WC_SUCCESS;
-		mad_send_wc.vendor_err = 0;
-		mad_send_wc.send_buf = &mad_send_wr->send_buf;
-		ib_mad_complete_send_wr(mad_send_wr, &mad_send_wc);
 	} else {
 		mad_agent_priv->agent.recv_handler(&mad_agent_priv->agent,
 						   mad_recv_wc);
@@ -2128,7 +2156,7 @@ void ib_mad_complete_send_wr(struct ib_mad_send_wr_private *mad_send_wr,
 
 	mad_agent_priv = mad_send_wr->mad_agent_priv;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&mad_agent_priv->lock, flags);
-	if (mad_agent_priv->agent.rmpp_version) {
+	if (ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_agent_priv->agent)) {
 		ret = ib_process_rmpp_send_wc(mad_send_wr, mad_send_wc);
 		if (ret == IB_RMPP_RESULT_CONSUMED)
 			goto done;
@@ -2524,7 +2552,7 @@ static int retry_send(struct ib_mad_send_wr_private *mad_send_wr)
 
 	mad_send_wr->timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(mad_send_wr->send_buf.timeout_ms);
 
-	if (mad_send_wr->mad_agent_priv->agent.rmpp_version) {
+	if (ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(&mad_send_wr->mad_agent_priv->agent)) {
 		ret = ib_retry_rmpp(mad_send_wr);
 		switch (ret) {
 		case IB_RMPP_RESULT_UNHANDLED:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c
index 11af1c61c135..928cdd20e2d1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c
@@ -506,13 +506,15 @@ static ssize_t ib_umad_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 
 	rmpp_mad = (struct ib_rmpp_mad *) packet->mad.data;
 	hdr_len = ib_get_mad_data_offset(rmpp_mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class);
-	if (!ib_is_mad_class_rmpp(rmpp_mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class)) {
-		copy_offset = IB_MGMT_MAD_HDR;
-		rmpp_active = 0;
-	} else {
+
+	if (ib_is_mad_class_rmpp(rmpp_mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class)
+	    && ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(agent)) {
 		copy_offset = IB_MGMT_RMPP_HDR;
 		rmpp_active = ib_get_rmpp_flags(&rmpp_mad->rmpp_hdr) &
-			      IB_MGMT_RMPP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+						IB_MGMT_RMPP_FLAG_ACTIVE;
+	} else {
+		copy_offset = IB_MGMT_MAD_HDR;
+		rmpp_active = 0;
 	}
 
 	data_len = count - hdr_size(file) - hdr_len;
@@ -558,14 +560,22 @@ static ssize_t ib_umad_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 		rmpp_mad->mad_hdr.tid = *tid;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&file->send_lock);
-	ret = is_duplicate(file, packet);
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(agent)
+	   && ib_is_mad_class_rmpp(rmpp_mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class)
+	   && (ib_get_rmpp_flags(&rmpp_mad->rmpp_hdr) & IB_MGMT_RMPP_FLAG_ACTIVE)) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&file->send_lock);
 		list_add_tail(&packet->list, &file->send_list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&file->send_lock);
-	if (ret) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_msg;
+		spin_unlock_irq(&file->send_lock);
+	} else {
+		spin_lock_irq(&file->send_lock);
+		ret = is_duplicate(file, packet);
+		if (!ret)
+			list_add_tail(&packet->list, &file->send_list);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&file->send_lock);
+		if (ret) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_msg;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = ib_post_send_mad(packet->msg, NULL);
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_mad.h b/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
index 876f497f8b0c..9bb99e983f58 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_mad.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
+#include <uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h>
 
 /* Management base version */
 #define IB_MGMT_BASE_VERSION			1
@@ -359,6 +360,9 @@ typedef void (*ib_mad_recv_handler)(struct ib_mad_agent *mad_agent,
  * @port_num: Port number on which QP is registered
  * @rmpp_version: If set, indicates the RMPP version used by this agent.
  */
+enum {
+	IB_MAD_USER_RMPP = IB_USER_MAD_USER_RMPP,
+};
 struct ib_mad_agent {
 	struct ib_device	*device;
 	struct ib_qp		*qp;
@@ -666,4 +670,11 @@ void *ib_get_rmpp_segment(struct ib_mad_send_buf *send_buf, int seg_num);
  */
 void ib_free_send_mad(struct ib_mad_send_buf *send_buf);
 
+/**
+ * ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent - Returns if the agent is performing RMPP.
+ * @agent: the agent in question
+ * @return: true if agent is performing rmpp, false otherwise.
+ */
+int ib_mad_kernel_rmpp_agent(struct ib_mad_agent *agent);
+
 #endif /* IB_MAD_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
index c00b081dc10e..09f809f323ea 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_mad.h
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ struct ib_user_mad_reg_req {
  *                       used.
  * @rmpp_version       - If set, indicates the RMPP version to use.
  */
-#define IB_USER_MAD_REG_FLAGS_CAP (0)
+enum {
+	IB_USER_MAD_USER_RMPP = (1 << 0),
+};
+#define IB_USER_MAD_REG_FLAGS_CAP (IB_USER_MAD_USER_RMPP)
 struct ib_user_mad_reg_req2 {
 	__u32	id;
 	__u32	qpn;