diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
index ebf7be8d4139b87dd8232568603ab1aa8c19d045..d5e457ee7e7b931a4d89b01d508e88d99536254f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 #define BNXT_RE_MAX_SRQC_COUNT		(64 * 1024)
 #define BNXT_RE_MAX_CQ_COUNT		(64 * 1024)
 
+#define BNXT_RE_UD_QP_HW_STALL		0x400000
+
 struct bnxt_re_work {
 	struct work_struct	work;
 	unsigned long		event;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index d94b1b3041359c5f06e9c29aae4fe8bf57934dca..08e7e59df28c620f0a596b0e57cc4a20822f1296 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -2075,6 +2075,22 @@ static int bnxt_re_copy_wr_payload(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 	return payload_sz;
 }
 
+static void bnxt_ud_qp_hw_stall_workaround(struct bnxt_re_qp *qp)
+{
+	if ((qp->ib_qp.qp_type == IB_QPT_UD ||
+	     qp->ib_qp.qp_type == IB_QPT_GSI ||
+	     qp->ib_qp.qp_type == IB_QPT_RAW_ETHERTYPE) &&
+	     qp->qplib_qp.wqe_cnt == BNXT_RE_UD_QP_HW_STALL) {
+		int qp_attr_mask;
+		struct ib_qp_attr qp_attr;
+
+		qp_attr_mask = IB_QP_STATE;
+		qp_attr.qp_state = IB_QPS_RTS;
+		bnxt_re_modify_qp(&qp->ib_qp, &qp_attr, qp_attr_mask, NULL);
+		qp->qplib_qp.wqe_cnt = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static int bnxt_re_post_send_shadow_qp(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 				       struct bnxt_re_qp *qp,
 				struct ib_send_wr *wr)
@@ -2120,6 +2136,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_post_send_shadow_qp(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 		wr = wr->next;
 	}
 	bnxt_qplib_post_send_db(&qp->qplib_qp);
+	bnxt_ud_qp_hw_stall_workaround(qp);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->sq_lock, flags);
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -2216,6 +2233,7 @@ int bnxt_re_post_send(struct ib_qp *ib_qp, struct ib_send_wr *wr,
 		wr = wr->next;
 	}
 	bnxt_qplib_post_send_db(&qp->qplib_qp);
+	bnxt_ud_qp_hw_stall_workaround(qp);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->sq_lock, flags);
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
index 31593fdf6365a08dce71ea32468cd1b028b7ec3b..f05500bcdcf1e35d21a88aba70b013d0d0d8a2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
@@ -1298,6 +1298,9 @@ int bnxt_qplib_post_send(struct bnxt_qplib_qp *qp,
 	}
 
 	sq->hwq.prod++;
+
+	qp->wqe_cnt++;
+
 done:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
index 71539ea7f421de8e0bd480de7cd5a8932e46dcdd..36b7b7db0e3f9782104ee8b049e674edb830226b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ struct bnxt_qplib_qp {
 	u8				timeout;
 	u8				retry_cnt;
 	u8				rnr_retry;
+	u64				wqe_cnt;
 	u32				min_rnr_timer;
 	u32				max_rd_atomic;
 	u32				max_dest_rd_atomic;