diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 0e22aa9b23df92f618173978761c50543f240729..e454ff183e0940f6309aa7a6d9606482f64349a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -939,15 +939,19 @@ static int mlx5_ib_query_device(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	}
 
 	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, tag_matching)) {
-		props->tm_caps.max_rndv_hdr_size = MLX5_TM_MAX_RNDV_MSG_SIZE;
 		props->tm_caps.max_num_tags =
 			(1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, log_tag_matching_list_sz)) - 1;
-		props->tm_caps.flags = IB_TM_CAP_RC;
 		props->tm_caps.max_ops =
 			1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, log_max_qp_sz);
 		props->tm_caps.max_sge = MLX5_TM_MAX_SGE;
 	}
 
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, tag_matching) &&
+	    MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, rndv_offload_rc)) {
+		props->tm_caps.flags = IB_TM_CAP_RNDV_RC;
+		props->tm_caps.max_rndv_hdr_size = MLX5_TM_MAX_RNDV_MSG_SIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, cq_moderation)) {
 		props->cq_caps.max_cq_moderation_count =
 						MLX5_MAX_CQ_COUNT;
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 2d60708fc13f5b41962e12282fe14824163b5072..e1d4ab0935f05cda4d8ff879d60c3b3c11a6b8bd 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ struct ib_rss_caps {
 };
 
 enum ib_tm_cap_flags {
-	/*  Support tag matching on RC transport */
-	IB_TM_CAP_RC		    = 1 << 0,
+	/*  Support tag matching with rendezvous offload for RC transport */
+	IB_TM_CAP_RNDV_RC = 1 << 0,
 };
 
 struct ib_tm_caps {