diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
index 5d2498dcf536d5e96cc13b9274b00137d4508c5d..cd5cf6d957c7afa98d76ad54ba42beb1b395e3c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ static int qp_alloc_res(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave, int op, int cmd,
 
 	switch (op) {
 	case RES_OP_RESERVE:
-		count = get_param_l(&in_param);
+		count = get_param_l(&in_param) & 0xffffff;
 		align = get_param_h(&in_param);
 		err = mlx4_grant_resource(dev, slave, RES_QP, count, 0);
 		if (err)