diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index a20d25585993..ce1050bdd191 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ static int irdma_create_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 	spin_lock_init(&iwqp->sc_qp.pfpdu.lock);
 	iwqp->sig_all = init_attr->sq_sig_type == IB_SIGNAL_ALL_WR;
 	rf->qp_table[qp_num] = iwqp;
+	init_completion(&iwqp->free_qp);
 
 	if (udata) {
 		/* GEN_1 legacy support with libi40iw does not have expanded uresp struct */
@@ -1129,7 +1130,6 @@ static int irdma_create_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 		}
 	}
 
-	init_completion(&iwqp->free_qp);
 	return 0;
 
 error: