rdsdebug("freeing tc %p\n", tc);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
-       list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+       if (!tc->t_tcp_node_detached)
+               list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
 
        kmem_cache_free(rds_tcp_conn_slab, tc);
 
                if (net != c_net || !tc->t_sock)
                        continue;
-               if (!list_has_conn(&tmp_list, tc->t_cpath->cp_conn))
+               if (!list_has_conn(&tmp_list, tc->t_cpath->cp_conn)) {
                        list_move_tail(&tc->t_tcp_node, &tmp_list);
+               } else {
+                       list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+                       tc->t_tcp_node_detached = true;
+               }
        }
        spin_unlock_irq(&rds_tcp_conn_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(tc, _tc, &tmp_list, t_tcp_node)
 
 struct rds_tcp_connection {
 
        struct list_head        t_tcp_node;
+       bool                    t_tcp_node_detached;
        struct rds_conn_path    *t_cpath;
        /* t_conn_path_lock synchronizes the connection establishment between
         * rds_tcp_accept_one and rds_tcp_conn_path_connect