diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
index a0e7c16d8bd826489db78a1cea5a3f25b6e80bd3..add99b92afdfd6dba350a5143d7a195437cb73a4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int iwpm_add_mapping(struct iwpm_sa_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
 		goto add_mapping_error;
 	nlmsg_request->req_buffer = pm_msg;
 
-	ret = ibnl_unicast(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
+	ret = ibnl_unicast_wait(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
 	if (ret) {
 		skb = NULL; /* skb is freed in the netlink send-op handling */
 		iwpm_user_pid = IWPM_PID_UNDEFINED;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int iwpm_add_and_query_mapping(struct iwpm_sa_data *pm_msg, u8 nl_client)
 		goto query_mapping_error;
 	nlmsg_request->req_buffer = pm_msg;
 
-	ret = ibnl_unicast(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
+	ret = ibnl_unicast_wait(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
 	if (ret) {
 		skb = NULL; /* skb is freed in the netlink send-op handling */
 		err_str = "Unable to send a nlmsg";
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ int iwpm_remove_mapping(struct sockaddr_storage *local_addr, u8 nl_client)
 	if (ret)
 		goto remove_mapping_error;
 
-	ret = ibnl_unicast(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
+	ret = ibnl_unicast_wait(skb, nlh, iwpm_user_pid);
 	if (ret) {
 		skb = NULL; /* skb is freed in the netlink send-op handling */
 		iwpm_user_pid = IWPM_PID_UNDEFINED;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index 94931c474d41db72b606f654cb0d334087600ee5..0fc50e15ae22523f024af16de3d18eb58c35ffa8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -232,11 +232,21 @@ int ibnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = netlink_unicast(nls, skb, pid, 0);
+	err = netlink_unicast(nls, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	return (err < 0) ? err : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ibnl_unicast);
 
+int ibnl_unicast_wait(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+		      __u32 pid)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = netlink_unicast(nls, skb, pid, 0);
+	return (err < 0) ? err : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ibnl_unicast_wait);
+
 int ibnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
 {
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index 348c102cb5f6afdbe9f90a7c788431bac0219226..5b1466770917a22d5887a6f0b2cbe7bdce16027f 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ int ibnl_put_attr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 int ibnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			__u32 pid);
 
+/**
+ * Send, with wait/1 retry, the supplied skb to a specific userspace PID.
+ * @skb: The netlink skb
+ * @nlh: Header of the netlink message to send
+ * @pid: Userspace netlink process ID
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int ibnl_unicast_wait(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+		      __u32 pid);
+
 /**
  * Send the supplied skb to a netlink group.
  * @skb: The netlink skb