diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_catas.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_catas.c
index 65ad359fdf164e506ec9a5726ba12c5a5ee882f2..056b2a4c69700f9fdb7cb6640213804e5f850aec 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_catas.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_catas.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static void handle_catas(struct mthca_dev *dev)
 	event.device = &dev->ib_dev;
 	event.event  = IB_EVENT_DEVICE_FATAL;
 	event.element.port_num = 0;
+	dev->active = false;
 
 	ib_dispatch_event(&event);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
index 9ef611f6dd36d52f531198d0a61d7ec11dbe78fd..7e6a6d64ad4eb1bee96b0d2d244daf20898ab3b6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ struct mthca_dev {
 	struct ib_ah         *sm_ah[MTHCA_MAX_PORTS];
 	spinlock_t            sm_lock;
 	u8                    rate[MTHCA_MAX_PORTS];
+	bool		      active;
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_INFINIBAND_MTHCA_DEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
index 13da9f1d24c0a2bf9d715f32701d0cb02406cba2..518cc540e516ca4c3863dc59e47c7b4347809b87 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_main.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,8 @@ static int __mthca_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int hca_type)
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, mdev);
 	mdev->hca_type = hca_type;
 
+	mdev->active = true;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_unregister:
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
index 87ad889e367b2b6b39cfe010ec1ec28f1dd488ac..bcf7a401482015f3b5c09afdc4177bab3d10577f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ static struct ib_ucontext *mthca_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	struct mthca_ucontext           *context;
 	int                              err;
 
+	if (!(to_mdev(ibdev)->active))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+
 	memset(&uresp, 0, sizeof uresp);
 
 	uresp.qp_tab_size = to_mdev(ibdev)->limits.num_qps;