diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
index acb8649151e0..cea3eba9c83e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_reqs.c
@@ -680,8 +680,10 @@ repoll:
 
 	read_lock(&ehca_qp_idr_lock);
 	my_qp = idr_find(&ehca_qp_idr, cqe->qp_token);
-	wc->qp = &my_qp->ib_qp;
 	read_unlock(&ehca_qp_idr_lock);
+	if (!my_qp)
+		goto repoll;
+	wc->qp = &my_qp->ib_qp;
 
 	wc->byte_len = cqe->nr_bytes_transferred;
 	wc->pkey_index = cqe->pkey_index;