diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
index 5a219a2fdf16..e8df155bc3b0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -397,10 +397,14 @@ int mlx4_ib_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int entries, struct ib_udata *udata)
 		cq->resize_buf = NULL;
 		cq->resize_umem = NULL;
 	} else {
+		struct mlx4_ib_cq_buf tmp_buf;
+		int tmp_cqe = 0;
+
 		spin_lock_irq(&cq->lock);
 		if (cq->resize_buf) {
 			mlx4_ib_cq_resize_copy_cqes(cq);
-			mlx4_ib_free_cq_buf(dev, &cq->buf, cq->ibcq.cqe);
+			tmp_buf = cq->buf;
+			tmp_cqe = cq->ibcq.cqe;
 			cq->buf      = cq->resize_buf->buf;
 			cq->ibcq.cqe = cq->resize_buf->cqe;
 
@@ -408,6 +412,9 @@ int mlx4_ib_resize_cq(struct ib_cq *ibcq, int entries, struct ib_udata *udata)
 			cq->resize_buf = NULL;
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irq(&cq->lock);
+
+		if (tmp_cqe)
+			mlx4_ib_free_cq_buf(dev, &tmp_buf, tmp_cqe);
 	}
 
 	goto out;