diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index a860b6ddbb61e1e4eb435b958f1d0979a51b109b..83b720ef6c3497eec02327e62a930a1c6d478667 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -187,27 +187,26 @@ static ssize_t rate_show(struct ib_port *p, struct port_attribute *unused,
 		return ret;
 
 	switch (attr.active_speed) {
-	case 1:
-		/* SDR */
+	case IB_SPEED_SDR:
 		rate = 25;
 		break;
-	case 2:
+	case IB_SPEED_DDR:
 		speed = " DDR";
 		rate = 50;
 		break;
-	case 4:
+	case IB_SPEED_QDR:
 		speed = " QDR";
 		rate = 100;
 		break;
-	case 8:
+	case IB_SPEED_FDR10:
 		speed = " FDR10";
 		rate = 100;
 		break;
-	case 16:
+	case IB_SPEED_FDR:
 		speed = " FDR";
 		rate = 140;
 		break;
-	case 32:
+	case IB_SPEED_EDR:
 		speed = " EDR";
 		rate = 250;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/c2_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/c2_provider.c
index 12f923d64e42d075a68edd778fb0c9246919eca5..07eb3a8067d84a7a0d625364089c9294101c8c42 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/c2_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/amso1100/c2_provider.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int c2_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	props->pkey_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->qkey_viol_cntr = 0;
 	props->active_width = 1;
-	props->active_speed = 1;
+	props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_SDR;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index 37c224fc3ad9b8f31e0886507fc43f543ee547b0..0bdf09aa6f4213466cda00994ed7a4d833981670 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ static int iwch_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	props->gid_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->pkey_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->active_width = 2;
-	props->active_speed = 2;
+	props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_DDR;
 	props->max_msg_sz = -1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
index 247fe706e7fae810b3272a866a6e21065d5caf43..be1c18f44400494e3bc2f68ead22a68208a58013 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int c4iw_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port,
 	props->gid_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->pkey_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->active_width = 2;
-	props->active_speed = 2;
+	props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_DDR;
 	props->max_msg_sz = -1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
index 73edc3668663a2cb8f2b987db1c8945016df4714..9ed4d2588304a2029e4d401aaee28e8cddd3403e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_hca.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int ehca_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 		props->phys_state      = 5;
 		props->state           = rblock->state;
 		props->active_width    = IB_WIDTH_12X;
-		props->active_speed    = 0x1;
+		props->active_speed    = IB_SPEED_SDR;
 	}
 
 query_port1:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 7b445df6a667be9a595ae1f8ed9449e6419ce16a..6ff6bdf28a3abcb90e7817a53626d4c3d46bd453 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -215,16 +215,16 @@ static int ib_link_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port,
 
 		switch (ext_active_speed) {
 		case 1:
-			props->active_speed = 16; /* FDR */
+			props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_FDR;
 			break;
 		case 2:
-			props->active_speed = 32; /* EDR */
+			props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_EDR;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* If reported active speed is QDR, check if is FDR-10 */
-	if (props->active_speed == 4) {
+	if (props->active_speed == IB_SPEED_QDR) {
 		if (to_mdev(ibdev)->dev->caps.ext_port_cap[port] &
 		    MLX_EXT_PORT_CAP_FLAG_EXTENDED_PORT_INFO) {
 			init_query_mad(in_mad);
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int ib_link_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port,
 
 			/* Checking LinkSpeedActive for FDR-10 */
 			if (out_mad->data[15] & 0x1)
-				props->active_speed = 8;
+				props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_FDR10;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static int eth_link_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port,
 	enum ib_mtu tmp;
 
 	props->active_width	= IB_WIDTH_1X;
-	props->active_speed	= 4;
+	props->active_speed	= IB_SPEED_QDR;
 	props->port_cap_flags	= IB_PORT_CM_SUP;
 	props->gid_tbl_len	= to_mdev(ibdev)->dev->caps.gid_table_len[port];
 	props->max_msg_sz	= to_mdev(ibdev)->dev->caps.max_msg_sz;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
index 0927b5cc65d33ac36850a1396c23e1b046b54f6b..8b8812de4b5c881486ed265f31d411f2427ac97b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_verbs.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static int nes_query_port(struct ib_device *ibdev, u8 port, struct ib_port_attr
 	props->pkey_tbl_len = 1;
 	props->qkey_viol_cntr = 0;
 	props->active_width = IB_WIDTH_4X;
-	props->active_speed = 1;
+	props->active_speed = IB_SPEED_SDR;
 	props->max_msg_sz = 0x80000000;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index bf5daafe8ecc09ca4d846906ed76c6599cdd1a53..ff22a73e0937fa4a0500143cceee1ad1ceb156e5 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ static inline int ib_width_enum_to_int(enum ib_port_width width)
 	}
 }
 
+enum ib_port_speed {
+	IB_SPEED_SDR	= 1,
+	IB_SPEED_DDR	= 2,
+	IB_SPEED_QDR	= 4,
+	IB_SPEED_FDR10	= 8,
+	IB_SPEED_FDR	= 16,
+	IB_SPEED_EDR	= 32
+};
+
 struct ib_protocol_stats {
 	/* TBD... */
 };