diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
index af3923bf0a36bf32bbcb3d4efedcc2b6d0ffc1f1..d4917646641aad4e036defd8ed20ff9afe94e590 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ int rxe_requester(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(qp_type(qp) == IB_QPT_RC &&
-		     qp->req.psn > (qp->comp.psn + RXE_MAX_UNACKED_PSNS))) {
+		psn_compare(qp->req.psn, (qp->comp.psn +
+				RXE_MAX_UNACKED_PSNS)) > 0)) {
 		qp->req.wait_psn = 1;
 		goto exit;
 	}