diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
index 1ab6af7ddb25..ed326d82725c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ int rxe_qp_from_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_pd *pd,
 
 err2:
 	rxe_queue_cleanup(qp->sq.queue);
+	qp->sq.queue = NULL;
 err1:
 	qp->pd = NULL;
 	qp->rcq = NULL;