diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
index d84b1098762c10c2fb564136d2c8d50767e4338b..7828fb59312031122fa6dad262cee65e5ccf60c0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/file_ops.c
@@ -1359,12 +1359,15 @@ static int user_exp_rcv_setup(struct hfi1_filedata *fd, unsigned long arg,
 		addr = arg + offsetof(struct hfi1_tid_info, tidcnt);
 		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, &tinfo.tidcnt,
 				 sizeof(tinfo.tidcnt)))
-			return -EFAULT;
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 
 		addr = arg + offsetof(struct hfi1_tid_info, length);
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, &tinfo.length,
+		if (!ret && copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, &tinfo.length,
 				 sizeof(tinfo.length)))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
+
+		if (ret)
+			hfi1_user_exp_rcv_invalid(fd, &tinfo);
 	}
 
 	return ret;