diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index 284dfba4e984..231b2854bb14 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,6 @@ static int irdma_create_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq,
 			}
 			cqmr_shadow = &iwpbl_shadow->cq_mr;
 			info.shadow_area_pa = cqmr_shadow->cq_pbl.addr;
-			cqmr->split = true;
 		} else {
 			info.shadow_area_pa = cqmr->shadow;
 		}
@@ -2961,7 +2960,8 @@ static int irdma_handle_q_mem(struct irdma_device *iwdev,
 	case IRDMA_MEMREG_TYPE_CQ:
 		hmc_p = &cqmr->cq_pbl;
 
-		if (!cqmr->split)
+		if (!(iwdev->rf->sc_dev.hw_attrs.uk_attrs.feature_flags &
+		      IRDMA_FEATURE_CQ_RESIZE))
 			cqmr->shadow = (dma_addr_t)arr[req->cq_pages];
 
 		if (lvl)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
index aabbb3442098..289ebc9b23ca 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ struct irdma_hmc_pble {
 struct irdma_cq_mr {
 	struct irdma_hmc_pble cq_pbl;
 	dma_addr_t shadow;
-	bool split;
 };
 
 struct irdma_srq_mr {