diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index 3f18efc0c2974..62eb62c8603a5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -3264,6 +3264,19 @@ static void bnxt_re_process_res_rawqp1_wc(struct ib_wc *wc,
 	wc->wc_flags |= IB_WC_GRH;
 }
 
+static bool bnxt_re_check_if_vlan_valid(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
+					u16 vlan_id)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Check if the vlan is configured in the host.  If not configured, it
+	 * can be a transparent VLAN. So dont report the vlan id.
+	 */
+	if (!__vlan_find_dev_deep_rcu(rdev->netdev,
+				      htons(ETH_P_8021Q), vlan_id))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static bool bnxt_re_is_vlan_pkt(struct bnxt_qplib_cqe *orig_cqe,
 				u16 *vid, u8 *sl)
 {
@@ -3332,9 +3345,11 @@ static void bnxt_re_process_res_shadow_qp_wc(struct bnxt_re_qp *gsi_sqp,
 	wc->src_qp = orig_cqe->src_qp;
 	memcpy(wc->smac, orig_cqe->smac, ETH_ALEN);
 	if (bnxt_re_is_vlan_pkt(orig_cqe, &vlan_id, &sl)) {
-		wc->vlan_id = vlan_id;
-		wc->sl = sl;
-		wc->wc_flags |= IB_WC_WITH_VLAN;
+		if (bnxt_re_check_if_vlan_valid(rdev, vlan_id)) {
+			wc->vlan_id = vlan_id;
+			wc->sl = sl;
+			wc->wc_flags |= IB_WC_WITH_VLAN;
+		}
 	}
 	wc->port_num = 1;
 	wc->vendor_err = orig_cqe->status;