diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index a8fdd3381405d..22192deb88282 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ static void __ib_shared_qp_event_handler(struct ib_event *event, void *context)
 	struct ib_qp *qp = context;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(event->element.qp, &qp->open_list, open_list)
-		event->element.qp->event_handler(event, event->element.qp->qp_context);
+		if (event->element.qp->event_handler)
+			event->element.qp->event_handler(event, event->element.qp->qp_context);
 }
 
 static void __ib_insert_xrcd_qp(struct ib_xrcd *xrcd, struct ib_qp *qp)