diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index d5d592bdab3585cd7e99a7eb00a3e22063ea2d50..9dbc85a6b702cc2bf9d5a37377aaf975508f0203 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -1122,12 +1122,8 @@ static int ipoib_cm_modify_tx_init(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = ipoib_priv(dev);
 	struct ib_qp_attr qp_attr;
 	int qp_attr_mask, ret;
-	ret = ib_find_pkey(priv->ca, priv->port, priv->pkey, &qp_attr.pkey_index);
-	if (ret) {
-		ipoib_warn(priv, "pkey 0x%x not found: %d\n", priv->pkey, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
 
+	qp_attr.pkey_index = priv->pkey_index;
 	qp_attr.qp_state = IB_QPS_INIT;
 	qp_attr.qp_access_flags = IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE;
 	qp_attr.port_num = priv->port;