diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
index 2647dbae32e455a49f8c0f4cf05ea479d0ebbdef..e8d0da89ea8e1f2d8784c087dff57e6891c3e8da 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ static int alloc_qpn(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, struct rvt_qpn_table *qpt,
 	u32 ret;
 
 	if (rdi->driver_f.alloc_qpn)
-		return rdi->driver_f.alloc_qpn(rdi, qpt, type, port_num,
-					       GFP_KERNEL);
+		return rdi->driver_f.alloc_qpn(rdi, qpt, type, port_num, gfp);
 
 	if (type == IB_QPT_SMI || type == IB_QPT_GSI) {
 		unsigned n;