diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index 7a5b0e676cc7a4b1c1d9a65c76d66ba2f23a1f32..c702a009608f27a62b06b7ad4eb2d54914fab03b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ static long hfi1_file_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd,
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case HFI1_IOCTL_ASSIGN_CTXT:
+		if (uctxt)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&uinfo,
 				   (struct hfi1_user_info __user *)arg,
 				   sizeof(uinfo)))