diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/ah.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/ah.c
index 86af71351d9a5be6cbdd87f3d22ccb7078c82b23..4fdb2416ee729812cc8e3984a3099994230b9bc6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/ah.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/ah.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static struct ib_ah *create_iboe_ah(struct ib_pd *pd, struct ib_ah_attr *ah_attr
 	ah->av.eth.port_pd = cpu_to_be32(to_mpd(pd)->pdn | (ah_attr->port_num << 24));
 	ah->av.eth.gid_index = mlx4_ib_gid_index_to_real_index(ibdev, ah_attr->port_num, ah_attr->grh.sgid_index);
 	ah->av.eth.vlan = cpu_to_be16(vlan_tag);
+	ah->av.eth.hop_limit = ah_attr->grh.hop_limit;
 	if (ah_attr->static_rate) {
 		ah->av.eth.stat_rate = ah_attr->static_rate + MLX4_STAT_RATE_OFFSET;
 		while (ah->av.eth.stat_rate > IB_RATE_2_5_GBPS + MLX4_STAT_RATE_OFFSET &&