diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index ab8100b0bb78..881decb1309a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -6132,6 +6132,10 @@ struct ib_wq *mlx5_ib_create_wq(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	if (udata->outlen && udata->outlen < min_resp_len)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) &&
+	    init_attr->create_flags & IB_WQ_FLAGS_DELAY_DROP)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
+
 	dev = to_mdev(pd->device);
 	switch (init_attr->wq_type) {
 	case IB_WQT_RQ: