diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_srq.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_srq.c
index 2a234f26ac10..c9a7cd38953d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_srq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_srq.c
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ int rxe_srq_from_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_srq *srq,
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
-	srq->rq.queue = q;
-	init->attr.max_wr = srq->rq.max_wr;
-
 	if (uresp) {
 		if (copy_to_user(&uresp->srq_num, &srq->srq_num,
 				 sizeof(uresp->srq_num))) {
@@ -88,6 +85,9 @@ int rxe_srq_from_init(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_srq *srq,
 		}
 	}
 
+	srq->rq.queue = q;
+	init->attr.max_wr = srq->rq.max_wr;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_free: