diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index 1804b6c4a6ec..be097c6723c0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ static struct ib_pd *iwch_allocate_pd(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	php->pdid = pdid;
 	php->rhp = rhp;
 	if (context) {
-		if (ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &php->pdid, sizeof (__u32))) {
+		struct iwch_alloc_pd_resp resp = {.pdid = php->pdid};
+
+		if (ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &resp, sizeof(resp))) {
 			iwch_deallocate_pd(&php->ibpd);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 		}
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/cxgb3-abi.h b/include/uapi/rdma/cxgb3-abi.h
index d5745e43ae85..17116c1c7925 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/cxgb3-abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/cxgb3-abi.h
@@ -74,4 +74,9 @@ struct iwch_create_qp_resp {
 struct iwch_reg_user_mr_resp {
 	__u32 pbl_addr;
 };
+
+struct iwch_alloc_pd_resp {
+	__u32 pdid;
+};
+
 #endif /* CXGB3_ABI_USER_H */