diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c
index e0d79b2395e4f859f51c51e9c314f9306834f123..add98d01476c1307629bd813d341bac6d34c9a76 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cm.c
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ void mlx4_ib_cm_paravirt_init(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->sriov.cm_list);
 	dev->sriov.sl_id_map = RB_ROOT;
 	idr_init(&dev->sriov.pv_id_table);
-	idr_pre_get(&dev->sriov.pv_id_table, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
 /* slave = -1 ==> all slaves */