diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
index 7a36080d2baef51ae20e6d4318d639896f969f8c..7ff152ffe15b9fc0971ec4b84837a3166c3076aa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
@@ -693,10 +693,12 @@ int rxe_requester(struct rxe_qp *qp)
 	if (unlikely(qp_state(qp) == IB_QPS_ERR)) {
 		wqe = __req_next_wqe(qp);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qp->state_lock, flags);
-		if (wqe)
+		if (wqe) {
+			wqe->status = IB_WC_WR_FLUSH_ERR;
 			goto err;
-		else
+		} else {
 			goto exit;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(qp_state(qp) == IB_QPS_RESET)) {