diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 179e8134d57f..568592e31b44 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ int ib_register_device(struct ib_device *device,
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ib_client *client;
+	struct ib_udata uhw = {.outlen = 0, .inlen = 0};
 
 	mutex_lock(&device_mutex);
 
@@ -352,6 +353,13 @@ int ib_register_device(struct ib_device *device,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	memset(&device->attrs, 0, sizeof(device->attrs));
+	ret = device->query_device(device, &device->attrs, &uhw);
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Couldn't query the device attributes\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = ib_device_register_sysfs(device, port_callback);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Couldn't register device %s with driver model\n",
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 120da1d7f57e..730dcfb209b9 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -1823,6 +1823,7 @@ struct ib_device {
 	u16                          is_switch:1;
 	u8                           node_type;
 	u8                           phys_port_cnt;
+	struct ib_device_attr        attrs;
 
 	/**
 	 * The following mandatory functions are used only at device