diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
index 5a2baf49ecaa4..f34fb87e3b77c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ struct bnxt_re_dev {
 #define BNXT_RE_ROCEV2_IPV4_PACKET	2
 #define BNXT_RE_ROCEV2_IPV6_PACKET	3
 
+#define BNXT_RE_CHECK_RC(x) ((x) && ((x) != -ETIMEDOUT))
+
 static inline struct device *rdev_to_dev(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 {
 	if (rdev)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index e86afecfbe46e..053afc9f1256b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -613,12 +613,20 @@ int bnxt_re_destroy_ah(struct ib_ah *ib_ah, u32 flags)
 {
 	struct bnxt_re_ah *ah = container_of(ib_ah, struct bnxt_re_ah, ib_ah);
 	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = ah->rdev;
+	bool block = true;
+	int rc = 0;
 
-	bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(&rdev->qplib_res, &ah->qplib_ah,
-			      !(flags & RDMA_DESTROY_AH_SLEEPABLE));
+	block = !(flags & RDMA_DESTROY_AH_SLEEPABLE);
+	rc = bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(&rdev->qplib_res, &ah->qplib_ah, block);
+	if (BNXT_RE_CHECK_RC(rc)) {
+		if (rc == -ETIMEDOUT)
+			rc = 0;
+		else
+			goto fail;
+	}
 	atomic_dec(&rdev->ah_count);
-
-	return 0;
+fail:
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static u8 bnxt_re_stack_to_dev_nw_type(enum rdma_network_type ntype)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
index dbb0e4e9254db..910d17ddcf137 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
@@ -460,13 +460,14 @@ int bnxt_qplib_create_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
-			   bool block)
+int bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
+			  bool block)
 {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw *rcfw = res->rcfw;
 	struct creq_destroy_ah_resp resp = {};
 	struct bnxt_qplib_cmdqmsg msg = {};
 	struct cmdq_destroy_ah req = {};
+	int rc;
 
 	/* Clean up the AH table in the device */
 	bnxt_qplib_rcfw_cmd_prep((struct cmdq_base *)&req,
@@ -477,7 +478,8 @@ void bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
 
 	bnxt_qplib_fill_cmdqmsg(&msg, &req, &resp, NULL, sizeof(req),
 				sizeof(resp), block);
-	bnxt_qplib_rcfw_send_message(rcfw, &msg);
+	rc = bnxt_qplib_rcfw_send_message(rcfw, &msg);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* MRW */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
index 5de874659cdfa..4061616048e85 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ int bnxt_qplib_set_func_resources(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res,
 				  struct bnxt_qplib_ctx *ctx);
 int bnxt_qplib_create_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
 			 bool block);
-void bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
-			   bool block);
+int bnxt_qplib_destroy_ah(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_ah *ah,
+			  bool block);
 int bnxt_qplib_alloc_mrw(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res,
 			 struct bnxt_qplib_mrw *mrw);
 int bnxt_qplib_dereg_mrw(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res, struct bnxt_qplib_mrw *mrw,