diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c
index ea089cb091ade455029956a12dada273ac2d1092..5c2bc22bc9d6419fb4c0c07ae6375830bf73051d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_comp.c
@@ -373,13 +373,15 @@ static inline enum comp_state do_read(struct rxe_qp *qp,
 	ret = copy_data(qp->pd, IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE,
 			&wqe->dma, payload_addr(pkt),
 			payload_size(pkt), to_mem_obj, NULL);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		wqe->status = IB_WC_LOC_PROT_ERR;
 		return COMPST_ERROR;
+	}
 
 	if (wqe->dma.resid == 0 && (pkt->mask & RXE_END_MASK))
 		return COMPST_COMP_ACK;
-	else
-		return COMPST_UPDATE_COMP;
+
+	return COMPST_UPDATE_COMP;
 }
 
 static inline enum comp_state do_atomic(struct rxe_qp *qp,
@@ -393,10 +395,12 @@ static inline enum comp_state do_atomic(struct rxe_qp *qp,
 	ret = copy_data(qp->pd, IB_ACCESS_LOCAL_WRITE,
 			&wqe->dma, &atomic_orig,
 			sizeof(u64), to_mem_obj, NULL);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		wqe->status = IB_WC_LOC_PROT_ERR;
 		return COMPST_ERROR;
-	else
-		return COMPST_COMP_ACK;
+	}
+
+	return COMPST_COMP_ACK;
 }
 
 static void make_send_cqe(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_send_wqe *wqe,