diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
index 8837d56f9c92..a28e862f2d68 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int cxio_hal_clear_qp_ctx(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p, u32 qpid)
 	return iwch_cxgb3_ofld_send(rdev_p->t3cdev_p, skb);
 }
 
-int cxio_create_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p, struct t3_cq *cq)
+int cxio_create_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p, struct t3_cq *cq, int kernel)
 {
 	struct rdma_cq_setup setup;
 	int size = (1UL << (cq->size_log2)) * sizeof(struct t3_cqe);
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ int cxio_create_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p, struct t3_cq *cq)
 	cq->cqid = cxio_hal_get_cqid(rdev_p->rscp);
 	if (!cq->cqid)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	cq->sw_queue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cq->sw_queue)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	cq->queue = dma_alloc_coherent(&(rdev_p->rnic_info.pdev->dev),
-					     (1UL << (cq->size_log2)) *
-					     sizeof(struct t3_cqe),
+	if (kernel) {
+		cq->sw_queue = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cq->sw_queue)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	cq->queue = dma_alloc_coherent(&(rdev_p->rnic_info.pdev->dev), size,
 					     &(cq->dma_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cq->queue) {
 		kfree(cq->sw_queue);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
index fc59cfcc99c3..073373c2c560 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int cxio_rdev_open(struct cxio_rdev *rdev);
 void cxio_rdev_close(struct cxio_rdev *rdev);
 int cxio_hal_cq_op(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct t3_cq *cq,
 		   enum t3_cq_opcode op, u32 credit);
-int cxio_create_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct t3_cq *cq);
+int cxio_create_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct t3_cq *cq, int kernel);
 int cxio_destroy_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct t3_cq *cq);
 int cxio_resize_cq(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct t3_cq *cq);
 void cxio_release_ucontext(struct cxio_rdev *rdev, struct cxio_ucontext *uctx);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index ed7175549ebd..47b35c6608d2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static struct ib_cq *iwch_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev, int entries, int ve
 	entries = roundup_pow_of_two(entries);
 	chp->cq.size_log2 = ilog2(entries);
 
-	if (cxio_create_cq(&rhp->rdev, &chp->cq)) {
+	if (cxio_create_cq(&rhp->rdev, &chp->cq, !ucontext)) {
 		kfree(chp);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}