diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index a191b9327b0c1d5de95529e7395f1635547a46d6..0187f1d7234a71ae76f62c69f19cad530b77fdcd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -3313,9 +3313,11 @@ static void *mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_rsrc;
 
-	err = mlx5_ib_alloc_q_counters(dev);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_odp;
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_qp_cnt)) {
+		err = mlx5_ib_alloc_q_counters(dev);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_odp;
+	}
 
 	dev->mdev->priv.uar = mlx5_get_uars_page(dev->mdev);
 	if (!dev->mdev->priv.uar)
@@ -3364,7 +3366,8 @@ static void *mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 	mlx5_put_uars_page(dev->mdev, dev->mdev->priv.uar);
 
 err_q_cnt:
-	mlx5_ib_dealloc_q_counters(dev);
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_qp_cnt))
+		mlx5_ib_dealloc_q_counters(dev);
 
 err_odp:
 	mlx5_ib_odp_remove_one(dev);
@@ -3397,7 +3400,8 @@ static void mlx5_ib_remove(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, void *context)
 	mlx5_free_bfreg(dev->mdev, &dev->fp_bfreg);
 	mlx5_free_bfreg(dev->mdev, &dev->bfreg);
 	mlx5_put_uars_page(dev->mdev, mdev->priv.uar);
-	mlx5_ib_dealloc_q_counters(dev);
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_qp_cnt))
+		mlx5_ib_dealloc_q_counters(dev);
 	destroy_umrc_res(dev);
 	mlx5_ib_odp_remove_one(dev);
 	destroy_dev_resources(&dev->devr);