diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 39d24bf694a864788f2d3dc806c3019bb4b12b8b..e8d7eaf0670ca5aa109c934e1f09bf0020302a57 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -1584,6 +1584,7 @@ static int create_qp_common(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_pd *pd,
 	u32 uidx = MLX5_IB_DEFAULT_UIDX;
 	struct mlx5_ib_create_qp ucmd;
 	struct mlx5_ib_qp_base *base;
+	int mlx5_st;
 	void *qpc;
 	u32 *in;
 	int err;
@@ -1592,6 +1593,10 @@ static int create_qp_common(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_pd *pd,
 	spin_lock_init(&qp->sq.lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&qp->rq.lock);
 
+	mlx5_st = to_mlx5_st(init_attr->qp_type);
+	if (mlx5_st < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (init_attr->rwq_ind_tbl) {
 		if (!udata)
 			return -ENOSYS;
@@ -1753,7 +1758,7 @@ static int create_qp_common(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_pd *pd,
 
 	qpc = MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_qp_in, in, qpc);
 
-	MLX5_SET(qpc, qpc, st, to_mlx5_st(init_attr->qp_type));
+	MLX5_SET(qpc, qpc, st, mlx5_st);
 	MLX5_SET(qpc, qpc, pm_state, MLX5_QP_PM_MIGRATED);
 
 	if (init_attr->qp_type != MLX5_IB_QPT_REG_UMR)