diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 9e1b203d756d272dfd4c8066b3f4bf64d681e0d5..3421e42870c3ee5743c927f9d750da66dcc18812 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -1685,9 +1685,7 @@ static void ipoib_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv;
 	int s, e, p;
-
-	if (rdma_node_get_transport(device->node_type) != RDMA_TRANSPORT_IB)
-		return;
+	int count = 0;
 
 	dev_list = kmalloc(sizeof *dev_list, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev_list)
@@ -1704,15 +1702,21 @@ static void ipoib_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
 	}
 
 	for (p = s; p <= e; ++p) {
-		if (rdma_port_get_link_layer(device, p) != IB_LINK_LAYER_INFINIBAND)
+		if (!rdma_protocol_ib(device, p))
 			continue;
 		dev = ipoib_add_port("ib%d", device, p);
 		if (!IS_ERR(dev)) {
 			priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 			list_add_tail(&priv->list, dev_list);
+			count++;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!count) {
+		kfree(dev_list);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ib_set_client_data(device, &ipoib_client, dev_list);
 }
 
@@ -1721,9 +1725,6 @@ static void ipoib_remove_one(struct ib_device *device)
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv, *tmp;
 	struct list_head *dev_list;
 
-	if (rdma_node_get_transport(device->node_type) != RDMA_TRANSPORT_IB)
-		return;
-
 	dev_list = ib_get_client_data(device, &ipoib_client);
 	if (!dev_list)
 		return;