diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 59604a7e5e3e84f0d556ae09ea235acdb41ab542..b2943c84a5dda0aecdd8904917f2ebbb02b9b013 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ int ipoib_set_mode(struct net_device *dev, const char *buf)
 		ipoib_warn(priv, "enabling connected mode "
 			   "will cause multicast packet drops\n");
 		netdev_update_features(dev);
+		dev_set_mtu(dev, ipoib_cm_max_mtu(dev));
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		priv->tx_wr.send_flags &= ~IB_SEND_IP_CSUM;