diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
index 1bae1dca6a6232cfa18fa349ec93e0e4633c4d00..b4c657f5f2f95cb6d0c2c681e51d5d9579133717 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/hw.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ static void irdma_iwarp_ce_handler(struct irdma_sc_cq *iwcq)
 {
 	struct irdma_cq *cq = iwcq->back_cq;
 
+	if (!cq->user_mode)
+		cq->armed = false;
 	if (cq->ibcq.comp_handler)
 		cq->ibcq.comp_handler(&cq->ibcq, cq->ibcq.cq_context);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
index 91a497139ba3a690af37f75c5342480d43c7b8d3..cb218cab79ac12d9e9f195d4075bf0aa77156d55 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ int irdma_ah_cqp_op(struct irdma_pci_f *rf, struct irdma_sc_ah *sc_ah, u8 cmd,
 		    void (*callback_fcn)(struct irdma_cqp_request *cqp_request),
 		    void *cb_param);
 void irdma_gsi_ud_qp_ah_cb(struct irdma_cqp_request *cqp_request);
+bool irdma_cq_empty(struct irdma_cq *iwcq);
 int irdma_inetaddr_event(struct notifier_block *notifier, unsigned long event,
 			 void *ptr);
 int irdma_inet6addr_event(struct notifier_block *notifier, unsigned long event,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
index 981107b40c90bcf33677dfbf9d6ed031fabc002d..398736d8c78a4d0427830e2f18d70be80f415b0a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
@@ -2486,3 +2486,18 @@ void irdma_ib_qp_event(struct irdma_qp *iwqp, enum irdma_qp_event_type event)
 	ibevent.element.qp = &iwqp->ibqp;
 	iwqp->ibqp.event_handler(&ibevent, iwqp->ibqp.qp_context);
 }
+
+bool irdma_cq_empty(struct irdma_cq *iwcq)
+{
+	struct irdma_cq_uk *ukcq;
+	u64 qword3;
+	__le64 *cqe;
+	u8 polarity;
+
+	ukcq  = &iwcq->sc_cq.cq_uk;
+	cqe = IRDMA_GET_CURRENT_CQ_ELEM(ukcq);
+	get_64bit_val(cqe, 24, &qword3);
+	polarity = (u8)FIELD_GET(IRDMA_CQ_VALID, qword3);
+
+	return polarity != ukcq->polarity;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index 0f66e809d41850e39516f7465bcf8f2476639475..8cd5f9261692d45f00baa80d199f30cdaca37a15 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -3584,18 +3584,31 @@ static int irdma_req_notify_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq,
 	struct irdma_cq *iwcq;
 	struct irdma_cq_uk *ukcq;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	enum irdma_cmpl_notify cq_notify = IRDMA_CQ_COMPL_EVENT;
+	enum irdma_cmpl_notify cq_notify;
+	bool promo_event = false;
+	int ret = 0;
 
+	cq_notify = notify_flags == IB_CQ_SOLICITED ?
+		    IRDMA_CQ_COMPL_SOLICITED : IRDMA_CQ_COMPL_EVENT;
 	iwcq = to_iwcq(ibcq);
 	ukcq = &iwcq->sc_cq.cq_uk;
-	if (notify_flags == IB_CQ_SOLICITED)
-		cq_notify = IRDMA_CQ_COMPL_SOLICITED;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&iwcq->lock, flags);
-	irdma_uk_cq_request_notification(ukcq, cq_notify);
+	/* Only promote to arm the CQ for any event if the last arm event was solicited. */
+	if (iwcq->last_notify == IRDMA_CQ_COMPL_SOLICITED && notify_flags != IB_CQ_SOLICITED)
+		promo_event = true;
+
+	if (!iwcq->armed || promo_event) {
+		iwcq->armed = true;
+		iwcq->last_notify = cq_notify;
+		irdma_uk_cq_request_notification(ukcq, cq_notify);
+	}
+
+	if ((notify_flags & IB_CQ_REPORT_MISSED_EVENTS) && !irdma_cq_empty(iwcq))
+		ret = 1;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwcq->lock, flags);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int irdma_roce_port_immutable(struct ib_device *ibdev, u32 port_num,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
index 5c244cd321a3ac79fac18fe60f2b5072fb366066..d0fdef8d09eada33149faed94ed2633577c7479b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ struct irdma_cq {
 	u16 cq_size;
 	u16 cq_num;
 	bool user_mode;
+	bool armed;
+	enum irdma_cmpl_notify last_notify;
 	u32 polled_cmpls;
 	u32 cq_mem_size;
 	struct irdma_dma_mem kmem;