diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
index d5e60f44ba5ad7c4f5ad53d7e0fe348248ed797b..ea299515ecb24170a6b3f49a15b32616cd35e270 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int mlx4_ib_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int entries, struct ib_udata *udata)
 
 	mutex_lock(&cq->resize_mutex);
 
-	if (entries < 1 || entries > dev->dev->caps.max_cqes) {
+	if (entries < 1) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ int mlx4_ib_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int entries, struct ib_udata *udata)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (entries > dev->dev->caps.max_cqes) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (ibcq->uobject) {
 		err = mlx4_alloc_resize_umem(dev, cq, entries, udata);
 		if (err)