diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
index 7b8d5aaa2204..4d7c277d7cc4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,13 @@ static int peer_abort(struct t3cdev *tdev, struct sk_buff *skb, void *ctx)
 	int ret;
 	int state;
 
+	if (is_neg_adv_abort(req->status)) {
+		PDBG("%s neg_adv_abort ep %p tid %d\n", __FUNCTION__, ep,
+		     ep->hwtid);
+		t3_l2t_send_event(ep->com.tdev, ep->l2t);
+		return CPL_RET_BUF_DONE;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We get 2 peer aborts from the HW.  The first one must
 	 * be ignored except for scribbling that we need one more.
@@ -1474,13 +1481,6 @@ static int peer_abort(struct t3cdev *tdev, struct sk_buff *skb, void *ctx)
 		return CPL_RET_BUF_DONE;
 	}
 
-	if (is_neg_adv_abort(req->status)) {
-		PDBG("%s neg_adv_abort ep %p tid %d\n", __FUNCTION__, ep,
-		     ep->hwtid);
-		t3_l2t_send_event(ep->com.tdev, ep->l2t);
-		return CPL_RET_BUF_DONE;
-	}
-
 	state = state_read(&ep->com);
 	PDBG("%s ep %p state %u\n", __FUNCTION__, ep, state);
 	switch (state) {