diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
index 2b6c24b7b58655b2d847585db6db71c4c5d85b13..f07d328689d3d4de4e554867aa08d283c95ebb74 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
@@ -838,8 +838,8 @@ struct sdma_engine *sdma_select_user_engine(struct hfi1_devdata *dd,
 	if (current->nr_cpus_allowed != 1)
 		goto out;
 
-	cpu_id = smp_processor_id();
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	cpu_id = smp_processor_id();
 	rht_node = rhashtable_lookup(dd->sdma_rht, &cpu_id,
 				     sdma_rht_params);