diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
index 2ed3ece2b2ee38de0bf38525914ffb85cb7ed80d..bb85d479e66eec254fa5c389e9dc4cc335248bb4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/qp.c
@@ -1538,9 +1538,9 @@ int c4iw_modify_qp(struct c4iw_dev *rhp, struct c4iw_qp *qhp,
 	set_state(qhp, C4IW_QP_STATE_ERROR);
 	free = 1;
 	abort = 1;
-	wake_up(&qhp->wait);
 	BUG_ON(!ep);
 	flush_qp(qhp);
+	wake_up(&qhp->wait);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&qhp->mutex);