diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_rc.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_rc.c
index 459e46e2c016..40f3e37d7adc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_rc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_rc.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,10 @@ static inline void ipath_rc_rcv_resp(struct ipath_ibdev *dev,
 			list_move_tail(&qp->timerwait,
 				       &dev->pending[dev->pending_index]);
 		spin_unlock(&dev->pending_lock);
+
+		if (opcode == OP(RDMA_READ_RESPONSE_MIDDLE))
+			qp->s_retry = qp->s_retry_cnt;
+
 		/*
 		 * Update the RDMA receive state but do the copy w/o
 		 * holding the locks and blocking interrupts.