diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
index b8036cfbce04041d77a3679979ed5def0d9a0b46..95aaaa282a0406b192dcadb5258168a3aee12858 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ static void rxe_qp_reset(struct rxe_qp *qp)
 	if (qp->sq.queue) {
 		__rxe_do_task(&qp->comp.task);
 		__rxe_do_task(&qp->req.task);
+		rxe_queue_reset(qp->sq.queue);
 	}
 
 	/* cleanup attributes */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.c
index 08274254eb887531068d8239dd13c95a16ef190c..d14bf496d62d3af7581bb307fa1350989a90f042 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.c
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ int do_mmap_info(struct rxe_dev *rxe,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+inline void rxe_queue_reset(struct rxe_queue *q)
+{
+	/* queue is comprised from header and the memory
+	 * of the actual queue. See "struct rxe_queue_buf" in rxe_queue.h
+	 * reset only the queue itself and not the management header
+	 */
+	memset(q->buf->data, 0, q->buf_size - sizeof(struct rxe_queue_buf));
+}
+
 struct rxe_queue *rxe_queue_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe,
 				 int *num_elem,
 				 unsigned int elem_size)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.h
index 239fd609c31ef51b47d306420a54a26d3ddeb185..8c8641c87817f3fcb6024e58ae31311179d4d060 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_queue.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ int do_mmap_info(struct rxe_dev *rxe,
 		 size_t buf_size,
 		 struct rxe_mmap_info **ip_p);
 
+void rxe_queue_reset(struct rxe_queue *q);
+
 struct rxe_queue *rxe_queue_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe,
 				 int *num_elem,
 				 unsigned int elem_size);