diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index adc42d7ff4f89c0b84a3dacae80a33dc90897b61..c29f33af334bf34394fe4c7e9aab97ad538c2e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ int bnxt_re_destroy_qp(struct ib_qp *ib_qp)
 	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = qp->rdev;
 	int rc;
 
+	bnxt_qplib_flush_cqn_wq(&qp->qplib_qp);
 	bnxt_qplib_del_flush_qp(&qp->qplib_qp);
 	rc = bnxt_qplib_destroy_qp(&rdev->qplib_res, &qp->qplib_qp);
 	if (rc) {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
index 805a6124a48cf9b263d589bc5b3a79941a855834..c0f813366ad6f7d3e8bd8d8949361ab282e456ca 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
@@ -2537,3 +2537,10 @@ void bnxt_qplib_req_notify_cq(struct bnxt_qplib_cq *cq, u32 arm_type)
 	atomic_set(&cq->arm_state, 1);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cq->hwq.lock, flags);
 }
+
+void bnxt_qplib_flush_cqn_wq(struct bnxt_qplib_qp *qp)
+{
+	flush_workqueue(qp->scq->nq->cqn_wq);
+	if (qp->scq != qp->rcq)
+		flush_workqueue(qp->rcq->nq->cqn_wq);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
index 8ead70ca1c1ddbc3b286d1e611ce3a7dd18fb545..c582d4ec8173174a8bde4762bc001ae4243e1023 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
@@ -478,4 +478,5 @@ void bnxt_qplib_release_cq_locks(struct bnxt_qplib_qp *qp,
 int bnxt_qplib_process_flush_list(struct bnxt_qplib_cq *cq,
 				  struct bnxt_qplib_cqe *cqe,
 				  int num_cqes);
+void bnxt_qplib_flush_cqn_wq(struct bnxt_qplib_qp *qp);
 #endif /* __BNXT_QPLIB_FP_H__ */