diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index b1eeb5a427cab9e999d3e6439c3656db1a8d5bd3..0b2f601e8cafa594e79d82334e080497f56cb65b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static int path_rec_start(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (path->query_id < 0) {
 		ipoib_warn(priv, "ib_sa_path_rec_get failed: %d\n", path->query_id);
 		path->query = NULL;
+		complete(&path->done);
 		return path->query_id;
 	}