diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 39290a7cd416..7ca0e319ab2e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f51efc195dfb860c60fafb4e47fe4b7cad2626d
+refs/heads/master: 6e87d1500713767866db0668bbcec75719576f3c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
index e63927cce5b5..5015cd2e57bd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ static int ipath_post_one_send(struct ipath_qp *qp, struct ib_send_wr *wr)
 
 	wqe = get_swqe_ptr(qp, qp->s_head);
 	wqe->wr = *wr;
-	wqe->ssn = qp->s_ssn++;
 	wqe->length = 0;
 	if (wr->num_sge) {
 		acc = wr->opcode >= IB_WR_RDMA_READ ?
@@ -422,6 +421,7 @@ static int ipath_post_one_send(struct ipath_qp *qp, struct ib_send_wr *wr)
 			goto bail_inval;
 	} else if (wqe->length > to_idev(qp->ibqp.device)->dd->ipath_ibmtu)
 		goto bail_inval;
+	wqe->ssn = qp->s_ssn++;
 	qp->s_head = next;
 
 	ret = 0;