diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index 1817dfea83452520df2b39122ddfd34ebc751150..3a9d0f5b5881c9b316435b5f8ba18ad5fefcbea8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ static ssize_t ucma_init_qp_attr(struct ucma_file *file,
 	if (copy_from_user(&cmd, inbuf, sizeof(cmd)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	if (cmd.qp_state > IB_QPS_ERR)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ctx = ucma_get_ctx(file, cmd.id);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(ctx);