diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_cq.c
index d1380c7a1703bf463776699f366fa3c490a6e9af..a03bd28d9b487e1f21f81ce0ff3e826a31412bb6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_cq.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ int ipath_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int cqe, struct ib_udata *udata)
 	else
 		n = head - tail;
 	if (unlikely((u32)cqe < n)) {
-		ret = -EOVERFLOW;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto bail_unlock;
 	}
 	for (n = 0; tail != head; n++) {