diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index ee0ee1f9994b4fae933d8590b72ba138d29e176d..ad37d8441fa27ddfb08c2eaf5d3296998f278ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -1206,6 +1206,9 @@ struct ib_mr *mlx5_ib_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *pd, u64 start, u64 length,
 	int err;
 	bool use_umr = true;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MEM))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	mlx5_ib_dbg(dev, "start 0x%llx, virt_addr 0x%llx, length 0x%llx, access_flags 0x%x\n",
 		    start, virt_addr, length, access_flags);