diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
index 812ab7278b8eec477183f451100b7c900adbeaec..ac926c942fee7bc72036e13f269e84156ded95d4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c
@@ -1016,15 +1016,15 @@ int c4iw_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *cq, int cqe, struct ib_udata *udata)
 int c4iw_arm_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, enum ib_cq_notify_flags flags)
 {
 	struct c4iw_cq *chp;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long flag;
 
 	chp = to_c4iw_cq(ibcq);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&chp->lock, flag);
-	ret = t4_arm_cq(&chp->cq,
-			(flags & IB_CQ_SOLICITED_MASK) == IB_CQ_SOLICITED);
+	t4_arm_cq(&chp->cq,
+		  (flags & IB_CQ_SOLICITED_MASK) == IB_CQ_SOLICITED);
+	if (flags & IB_CQ_REPORT_MISSED_EVENTS)
+		ret = t4_cq_notempty(&chp->cq);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chp->lock, flag);
-	if (ret && !(flags & IB_CQ_REPORT_MISSED_EVENTS))
-		ret = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h
index 6126bbe36095c21021f9cc5cdca3b75da299dc85..02173f4315fa62bec5e67171a45ab864a1e096da 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h
@@ -634,6 +634,11 @@ static inline int t4_valid_cqe(struct t4_cq *cq, struct t4_cqe *cqe)
 	return (CQE_GENBIT(cqe) == cq->gen);
 }
 
+static inline int t4_cq_notempty(struct t4_cq *cq)
+{
+	return cq->sw_in_use || t4_valid_cqe(cq, &cq->queue[cq->cidx]);
+}
+
 static inline int t4_next_hw_cqe(struct t4_cq *cq, struct t4_cqe **cqe)
 {
 	int ret;