diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index b930da4c0c632e64019c38b0ebcab9562e15bf65..4d27e4c3fe34badbe941e735edaf9d8fb33b61f2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ ssize_t ib_uverbs_create_qp(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 		qp->event_handler = attr.event_handler;
 		qp->qp_context	  = attr.qp_context;
 		qp->qp_type	  = attr.qp_type;
+		atomic_set(&qp->usecnt, 0);
 		atomic_inc(&pd->usecnt);
 		atomic_inc(&attr.send_cq->usecnt);
 		if (attr.recv_cq)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index 602b1bd723a963aa49904fc0a907d12d965b009e..575b78045aafd1b5a861f9fad753f0108dd7e5d0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ struct ib_qp *ib_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 		qp->uobject    = NULL;
 		qp->qp_type    = qp_init_attr->qp_type;
 
+		atomic_set(&qp->usecnt, 0);
 		if (qp_init_attr->qp_type == IB_QPT_XRC_TGT) {
 			qp->event_handler = __ib_shared_qp_event_handler;
 			qp->qp_context = qp;
@@ -430,7 +431,6 @@ struct ib_qp *ib_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 			qp->xrcd = qp_init_attr->xrcd;
 			atomic_inc(&qp_init_attr->xrcd->usecnt);
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qp->open_list);
-			atomic_set(&qp->usecnt, 0);
 
 			real_qp = qp;
 			qp = __ib_open_qp(real_qp, qp_init_attr->event_handler,