diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
index 90d7b8972cb4..ff7290eacefb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "firmware_exports.h"
 
 #define T3_MAX_SGE      4
+#define T3_MAX_INLINE	64
 
 #define Q_EMPTY(rptr,wptr) ((rptr)==(wptr))
 #define Q_FULL(rptr,wptr,size_log2)  ( (((wptr)-(rptr))>>(size_log2)) && \
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index af28a317016d..93038c007133 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -780,6 +780,9 @@ static struct ib_qp *iwch_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	if (rqsize > T3_MAX_RQ_SIZE)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (attrs->cap.max_inline_data > T3_MAX_INLINE)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	/*
 	 * NOTE: The SQ and total WQ sizes don't need to be
 	 * a power of two.  However, all the code assumes