diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
index d9c2a9b15d86..8c5d20a4b5f3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static void ipath_ruc_loopback(struct ipath_qp *sqp)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sqp->s_lock, flags);
 
 	if (!(ib_ipath_state_ops[sqp->state] & IPATH_PROCESS_SEND_OK) ||
-	    qp->s_rnr_timeout) {
+	    sqp->s_rnr_timeout) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sqp->s_lock, flags);
 		goto done;
 	}