diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index ec737e2287fe..6f67412c1296 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2214,7 +2214,9 @@ static void *mlx5_ib_add(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_CREATE_XSRQ)		|
 		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_CMD_OPEN_QP);
 	dev->ib_dev.uverbs_ex_cmd_mask =
-		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_QUERY_DEVICE);
+		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_QUERY_DEVICE)	|
+		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_CREATE_CQ)	|
+		(1ull << IB_USER_VERBS_EX_CMD_CREATE_QP);
 
 	dev->ib_dev.query_device	= mlx5_ib_query_device;
 	dev->ib_dev.query_port		= mlx5_ib_query_port;