diff --git a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
index 3483fab39eb8..ac3f2341320b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
+++ b/fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_connection.c
@@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ struct smbdirect_map_sges {
 static ssize_t smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter(struct iov_iter *iter, size_t len,
 					    struct smbdirect_map_sges *state);
 
+__maybe_unused /* this is temporary while this file is included in others */
+static void smbdirect_connection_qp_event_handler(struct ib_event *event, void *context)
+{
+	struct smbdirect_socket *sc = context;
+
+	smbdirect_log_rdma_event(sc, SMBDIRECT_LOG_ERR,
+		"%s on device %.*s socket %p (cm_id=%p) status %s first_error %1pe\n",
+		ib_event_msg(event->event),
+		IB_DEVICE_NAME_MAX,
+		event->device->name,
+		sc, sc->rdma.cm_id,
+		smbdirect_socket_status_string(sc->status),
+		SMBDIRECT_DEBUG_ERR_PTR(sc->first_error));
+
+	switch (event->event) {
+	case IB_EVENT_CQ_ERR:
+	case IB_EVENT_QP_FATAL:
+		smbdirect_socket_schedule_cleanup(sc, -ECONNABORTED);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static void smbdirect_connection_destroy_mem_pools(struct smbdirect_socket *sc);
 
 __maybe_unused /* this is temporary while this file is included in others */