diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
index 5c39e4c4bef7f75facf428561d2818596bb03e5b..aa3baee189c75cfcf1ca30c73848c9f44d322ed0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,12 @@ static int init_conns(struct rtrs_clt_sess *sess)
 			goto destroy;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the cid to con_num - 1, since if we fail later, we want to stay in bounds.
+	 */
+	cid = sess->s.con_num - 1;
+
 	err = alloc_sess_reqs(sess);
 	if (err)
 		goto destroy;