diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c
index 19765f6f8d5868eca6845d2319819bccdf181e64..07c13be07a4a5da858a975fe6d11059b0da3a35b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_qp.c
@@ -1727,23 +1727,7 @@ int mthca_tavor_post_receive(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_recv_wr *wr,
 
 	ind = qp->rq.next_ind;
 
-	for (nreq = 0; wr; ++nreq, wr = wr->next) {
-		if (unlikely(nreq == MTHCA_TAVOR_MAX_WQES_PER_RECV_DB)) {
-			nreq = 0;
-
-			doorbell[0] = cpu_to_be32((qp->rq.next_ind << qp->rq.wqe_shift) | size0);
-			doorbell[1] = cpu_to_be32(qp->qpn << 8);
-
-			wmb();
-
-			mthca_write64(doorbell,
-				      dev->kar + MTHCA_RECEIVE_DOORBELL,
-				      MTHCA_GET_DOORBELL_LOCK(&dev->doorbell_lock));
-
-			qp->rq.head += MTHCA_TAVOR_MAX_WQES_PER_RECV_DB;
-			size0 = 0;
-		}
-
+	for (nreq = 0; wr; wr = wr->next) {
 		if (mthca_wq_overflow(&qp->rq, nreq, qp->ibqp.recv_cq)) {
 			mthca_err(dev, "RQ %06x full (%u head, %u tail,"
 					" %d max, %d nreq)\n", qp->qpn,
@@ -1797,6 +1781,23 @@ int mthca_tavor_post_receive(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_recv_wr *wr,
 		++ind;
 		if (unlikely(ind >= qp->rq.max))
 			ind -= qp->rq.max;
+
+		++nreq;
+		if (unlikely(nreq == MTHCA_TAVOR_MAX_WQES_PER_RECV_DB)) {
+			nreq = 0;
+
+			doorbell[0] = cpu_to_be32((qp->rq.next_ind << qp->rq.wqe_shift) | size0);
+			doorbell[1] = cpu_to_be32(qp->qpn << 8);
+
+			wmb();
+
+			mthca_write64(doorbell,
+				      dev->kar + MTHCA_RECEIVE_DOORBELL,
+				      MTHCA_GET_DOORBELL_LOCK(&dev->doorbell_lock));
+
+			qp->rq.head += MTHCA_TAVOR_MAX_WQES_PER_RECV_DB;
+			size0 = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 out: