diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_rdmafrag.h b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_rdmafrag.h
index 70a390d807..176c830974 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_rdmafrag.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_rdmafrag.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
  *                         University Research and Technology
  *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2019 The University of Tennessee and The University
  *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
  *                         reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ struct mca_pml_ob1_rdma_frag_t {
     mca_bml_base_btl_t *rdma_bml;
     mca_pml_ob1_hdr_t rdma_hdr;
     mca_pml_ob1_rdma_state_t rdma_state;
-    size_t rdma_length;
+    size_t rdma_length;  /* how much the fragment will transfer */
+    opal_atomic_size_t rdma_bytes_remaining;  /* how much is left to be transferred */
     void *rdma_req;
     uint32_t retries;
     mca_pml_ob1_rdma_frag_callback_t cbfunc;
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ OBJ_CLASS_DECLARATION(mca_pml_ob1_rdma_frag_t);
 
 #define MCA_PML_OB1_RDMA_FRAG_RETURN(frag)                              \
     do {                                                                \
-        /* return fragment */                                           \
         if (frag->local_handle) {                                       \
             mca_bml_base_deregister_mem (frag->rdma_bml, frag->local_handle); \
             frag->local_handle = NULL;                                  \
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvfrag.c b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvfrag.c
index b61649ad2a..ab7bdd9650 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvfrag.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvfrag.c
@@ -577,10 +577,6 @@ void mca_pml_ob1_recv_frag_callback_ack(mca_btl_base_module_t* btl,
      * then throttle sends */
     if(hdr->hdr_common.hdr_flags & MCA_PML_OB1_HDR_FLAGS_NORDMA) {
         if (NULL != sendreq->rdma_frag) {
-            if (NULL != sendreq->rdma_frag->local_handle) {
-                mca_bml_base_deregister_mem (sendreq->req_rdma[0].bml_btl, sendreq->rdma_frag->local_handle);
-                sendreq->rdma_frag->local_handle = NULL;
-            }
             MCA_PML_OB1_RDMA_FRAG_RETURN(sendreq->rdma_frag);
             sendreq->rdma_frag = NULL;
         }
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvreq.c b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvreq.c
index d7215e1a55..9f7de7faf7 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvreq.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_recvreq.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
  *                         University Research and Technology
  *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2018 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2019 The University of Tennessee and The University
  *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
  *                         reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
@@ -319,7 +319,12 @@ static int mca_pml_ob1_recv_request_ack(
             return OMPI_SUCCESS;
     }
 
-    /* let know to shedule function there is no need to put ACK flag */
+    /* let know to shedule function there is no need to put ACK flag. If not all message went over
+     * RDMA then we cancel the GET protocol in order to switch back to send/recv. In this case send
+     * back the remote send request, the peer kept a poointer to the frag locally. In the future we
+     * might want to cancel the fragment itself, in which case we will have to send back the remote
+     * fragment instead of the remote request.
+     */
     recvreq->req_ack_sent = true;
     return mca_pml_ob1_recv_request_ack_send(proc, hdr->hdr_src_req.lval,
                                              recvreq, recvreq->req_send_offset, 0,
@@ -658,7 +663,6 @@ void mca_pml_ob1_recv_request_progress_rget( mca_pml_ob1_recv_request_t* recvreq
     int rc;
 
     prev_sent = offset = 0;
-    bytes_remaining = hdr->hdr_rndv.hdr_msg_length;
     recvreq->req_recv.req_bytes_packed = hdr->hdr_rndv.hdr_msg_length;
     recvreq->req_send_offset = 0;
     recvreq->req_rdma_offset = 0;
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
index 1626e13e35..2474374572 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
  *                         University Research and Technology
  *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2018 The University of Tennessee and The University
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2019 The University of Tennessee and The University
  *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
  *                         reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "ompi/mca/bml/base/base.h"
 #include "ompi/memchecker.h"
 
-
 OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(mca_pml_ob1_send_range_t, opal_free_list_item_t,
         NULL, NULL);
 
@@ -148,10 +147,7 @@ static void mca_pml_ob1_send_request_destruct(mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t* req)
 {
     OBJ_DESTRUCT(&req->req_send_ranges);
     OBJ_DESTRUCT(&req->req_send_range_lock);
-    if (req->rdma_frag) {
-        MCA_PML_OB1_RDMA_FRAG_RETURN(req->rdma_frag);
-        req->rdma_frag = NULL;
-    }
+    assert( NULL == req->rdma_frag );
 }
 
 OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE( mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t,
@@ -262,12 +258,20 @@ mca_pml_ob1_rget_completion (mca_pml_ob1_rdma_frag_t *frag, int64_t rdma_length)
 {
     mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t *sendreq = (mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t *) frag->rdma_req;
     mca_bml_base_btl_t *bml_btl = frag->rdma_bml;
+    size_t frag_remaining;
 
     /* count bytes of user data actually delivered and check for request completion */
     if (OPAL_LIKELY(0 < rdma_length)) {
-        OPAL_THREAD_ADD_FETCH_SIZE_T(&sendreq->req_bytes_delivered, (size_t) rdma_length);
+        frag_remaining = OPAL_THREAD_SUB_FETCH_SIZE_T(&frag->rdma_bytes_remaining, (size_t)rdma_length);
         SPC_USER_OR_MPI(sendreq->req_send.req_base.req_ompi.req_status.MPI_TAG, (ompi_spc_value_t)rdma_length,
                         OMPI_SPC_BYTES_SENT_USER, OMPI_SPC_BYTES_SENT_MPI);
+
+        if( 0 == frag_remaining ) {  /* this frag is now completed. Update the request and be done */
+            OPAL_THREAD_ADD_FETCH_SIZE_T(&sendreq->req_bytes_delivered, frag->rdma_length);
+            if( sendreq->rdma_frag == frag )
+                sendreq->rdma_frag = NULL;
+            MCA_PML_OB1_RDMA_FRAG_RETURN(frag);
+        }
     }
 
     send_request_pml_complete_check(sendreq);
@@ -701,6 +705,7 @@ int mca_pml_ob1_send_request_start_rdma( mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t* sendreq,
     frag->rdma_req = sendreq;
     frag->rdma_bml = bml_btl;
     frag->rdma_length = size;
+    frag->rdma_bytes_remaining = size;
     frag->cbfunc = mca_pml_ob1_rget_completion;
     /* do not store the local handle in the fragment. it will be released by mca_pml_ob1_free_rdma_resources */
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.h b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.h
index 787f48b554..7d53347bc7 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_sendreq.h
@@ -216,10 +216,7 @@ static inline void mca_pml_ob1_send_request_fini (mca_pml_ob1_send_request_t *se
 {
     /*  Let the base handle the reference counts */
     MCA_PML_BASE_SEND_REQUEST_FINI((&(sendreq)->req_send));
-    if (sendreq->rdma_frag) {
-        MCA_PML_OB1_RDMA_FRAG_RETURN (sendreq->rdma_frag);
-        sendreq->rdma_frag = NULL;
-    }
+    assert( NULL == sendreq->rdma_frag );
 }
 
 /*