diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_rc.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_rc.c
index 8245237b67ce..eca0c41f1226 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_rc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_rc.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,8 @@ void qib_rc_send_complete(struct qib_qp *qp, struct qib_ib_header *hdr)
 	 * there are still requests that haven't been acked.
 	 */
 	if ((psn & IB_BTH_REQ_ACK) && qp->s_acked != qp->s_tail &&
-	    !(qp->s_flags & (QIB_S_TIMER | QIB_S_WAIT_RNR | QIB_S_WAIT_PSN)))
+	    !(qp->s_flags & (QIB_S_TIMER | QIB_S_WAIT_RNR | QIB_S_WAIT_PSN)) &&
+	    (ib_qib_state_ops[qp->state] & QIB_PROCESS_RECV_OK))
 		start_timer(qp);
 
 	while (qp->s_last != qp->s_acked) {
@@ -1439,6 +1440,8 @@ static void qib_rc_rcv_resp(struct qib_ibport *ibp,
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&qp->s_lock, flags);
+	if (!(ib_qib_state_ops[qp->state] & QIB_PROCESS_RECV_OK))
+		goto ack_done;
 
 	/* Ignore invalid responses. */
 	if (qib_cmp24(psn, qp->s_next_psn) >= 0)