diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
index af01ba202d40fff1cbfbb2152d726cb2abda39fb..c4bb29c9d48adbe7605614ac5c0d358130e9589d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static void ocrdma_process_qpcat_error(struct ocrdma_dev *dev,
 
 	if (qp == NULL)
 		BUG();
-	ocrdma_qp_state_machine(qp, new_ib_qps, &old_ib_qps);
+	ocrdma_qp_state_change(qp, new_ib_qps, &old_ib_qps);
 }
 
 static void ocrdma_dispatch_ibevent(struct ocrdma_dev *dev,
@@ -1676,8 +1676,8 @@ void ocrdma_flush_qp(struct ocrdma_qp *qp)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->dev->flush_q_lock, flags);
 }
 
-int ocrdma_qp_state_machine(struct ocrdma_qp *qp, enum ib_qp_state new_ib_state,
-			    enum ib_qp_state *old_ib_state)
+int ocrdma_qp_state_change(struct ocrdma_qp *qp, enum ib_qp_state new_ib_state,
+			   enum ib_qp_state *old_ib_state)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int status = 0;
@@ -1694,96 +1694,11 @@ int ocrdma_qp_state_machine(struct ocrdma_qp *qp, enum ib_qp_state new_ib_state,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	switch (qp->state) {
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_RST:
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RST:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_INIT:
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_INIT:
-		/* qps: INIT->XXX */
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_INIT:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RTR:
-			break;
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-			ocrdma_flush_qp(qp);
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_RTR:
-		/* qps: RTS->XXX */
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RTS:
-			break;
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-			ocrdma_flush_qp(qp);
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_RTS:
-		/* qps: RTS->XXX */
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_SQD:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_SQE:
-			break;
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-			ocrdma_flush_qp(qp);
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_SQD:
-		/* qps: SQD->XXX */
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RTS:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_SQE:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_SQE:
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RTS:
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	case OCRDMA_QPS_ERR:
-		/* qps: ERR->XXX */
-		switch (new_state) {
-		case OCRDMA_QPS_RST:
-			break;
-		default:
-			status = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		};
-		break;
-	default:
-		status = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	};
-	if (!status)
-		qp->state = new_state;
+
+	if (new_state == OCRDMA_QPS_ERR)
+		ocrdma_flush_qp(qp);
+
+	qp->state = new_state;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->q_lock, flags);
 	return status;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.h
index 5d8e6f518f874cf4e8b5a338fc5837b063542b60..cc90ac3b6d424f73f432b3f4639c85212367c57a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_hw.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int ocrdma_mbx_destroy_srq(struct ocrdma_dev *, struct ocrdma_srq *);
 int ocrdma_alloc_av(struct ocrdma_dev *, struct ocrdma_ah *);
 int ocrdma_free_av(struct ocrdma_dev *, struct ocrdma_ah *);
 
-int ocrdma_qp_state_machine(struct ocrdma_qp *, enum ib_qp_state new_state,
+int ocrdma_qp_state_change(struct ocrdma_qp *, enum ib_qp_state new_state,
 			    enum ib_qp_state *old_ib_state);
 bool ocrdma_is_qp_in_sq_flushlist(struct ocrdma_cq *, struct ocrdma_qp *);
 bool ocrdma_is_qp_in_rq_flushlist(struct ocrdma_cq *, struct ocrdma_qp *);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
index c9ace64fc3432cab957fcc32261e51487d2396bc..2cfbd343ba0e57fcc1ae0fcd73ebf7a58eaf3527 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ int _ocrdma_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 	qp = get_ocrdma_qp(ibqp);
 	dev = qp->dev;
 	if (attr_mask & IB_QP_STATE)
-		status = ocrdma_qp_state_machine(qp, attr->qp_state, &old_qps);
+		status = ocrdma_qp_state_change(qp, attr->qp_state, &old_qps);
 	/* if new and previous states are same hw doesn't need to
 	 * know about it.
 	 */
@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ static bool ocrdma_update_err_cqe(struct ib_wc *ibwc, struct ocrdma_cqe *cqe,
 	ibwc->status = ocrdma_to_ibwc_err(status);
 
 	ocrdma_flush_qp(qp);
-	ocrdma_qp_state_machine(qp, IB_QPS_ERR, NULL);
+	ocrdma_qp_state_change(qp, IB_QPS_ERR, NULL);
 
 	/* if wqe/rqe pending for which cqe needs to be returned,
 	 * trigger inflating it.