diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
index 42b47639c81cb6f4753ea728bd86d81d060c5792..fa24e6597591fc0f10ab11158ead02051f884a6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int mlx4_qp_modify(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_mtt *mtt,
 	struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mailbox;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (cur_state >= MLX4_QP_NUM_STATE || cur_state >= MLX4_QP_NUM_STATE ||
+	if (cur_state >= MLX4_QP_NUM_STATE || new_state >= MLX4_QP_NUM_STATE ||
 	    !op[cur_state][new_state])
 		return -EINVAL;