diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
index 44b65916da..a3732d47c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mr.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ mr_free(struct mlx5_mr *mr)
 }
 
 /**
- * Releass resources of detached MR having no online entry.
+ * Release resources of detached MR having no online entry.
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ mr_find_contig_memsegs_cb(const struct rte_memseg_list *msl,
 }
 
 /**
- * Create a new global Memroy Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
+ * Create a new global Memory Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
  * This API should be called on a secondary process, then a request is sent to
  * the primary process in order to create a MR for the address. As the global MR
  * list is on the shared memory, following LKey lookup should succeed unless the
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ mlx5_mr_create_secondary(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_mr_cache *entry,
 }
 
 /**
- * Create a new global Memroy Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
+ * Create a new global Memory Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
  * Register entire virtually contiguous memory chunk around the address.
  * This must be called from the primary process.
  *
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ mlx5_mr_create_primary(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_mr_cache *entry,
 	bmp_mem = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL(mr + 1, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	mr->ms_bmp = rte_bitmap_init(ms_n, bmp_mem, bmp_size);
 	if (mr->ms_bmp == NULL) {
-		DEBUG("port %u unable to initialize bitamp for a new MR of"
+		DEBUG("port %u unable to initialize bitmap for a new MR of"
 		      " address (%p).",
 		      dev->data->port_id, (void *)addr);
 		rte_errno = EINVAL;
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ mlx5_mr_create_primary(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct mlx5_mr_cache *entry,
 }
 
 /**
- * Create a new global Memroy Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
+ * Create a new global Memory Region (MR) for a missing virtual address.
  * This can be called from primary and secondary process.
  *
  * @param dev
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ void
 mlx5_mr_release(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = dev->data->dev_private;
-	struct mlx5_mr *mr_next = LIST_FIRST(&priv->mr.mr_list);
+	struct mlx5_mr *mr_next;
 
 	/* Remove from memory callback device list. */
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(&mlx5_shared_data->mem_event_rwlock);
@@ -1610,6 +1610,7 @@ mlx5_mr_release(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		mlx5_mr_dump_dev(dev);
 	rte_rwlock_write_lock(&priv->mr.rwlock);
 	/* Detach from MR list and move to free list. */
+	mr_next = LIST_FIRST(&priv->mr.mr_list);
 	while (mr_next != NULL) {
 		struct mlx5_mr *mr = mr_next;