diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 8f4fd4fac1593afa89496d881657d1682412b706..13af88da5f7920378d0311189102cc09c03b64f4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -3482,7 +3482,8 @@ static int __uverbs_create_xsrq(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs,
 
 err_copy:
 	ib_destroy_srq_user(srq, uverbs_get_cleared_udata(attrs));
-
+	/* It was released in ib_destroy_srq_user */
+	srq = NULL;
 err_free:
 	kfree(srq);
 err_put: