diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 5e66eab292d8..ce649a7ffa56 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -2764,7 +2764,6 @@ int ib_uverbs_ex_create_flow(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 		err = PTR_ERR(flow_id);
 		goto err_free;
 	}
-	flow_id->qp = qp;
 	flow_id->uobject = uobj;
 	uobj->object = flow_id;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index c2b89cc5dbca..0c859f7fb7a4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -1420,8 +1420,10 @@ struct ib_flow *ib_create_flow(struct ib_qp *qp,
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 
 	flow_id = qp->device->create_flow(qp, flow_attr, domain);
-	if (!IS_ERR(flow_id))
+	if (!IS_ERR(flow_id)) {
 		atomic_inc(&qp->usecnt);
+		flow_id->qp = qp;
+	}
 	return flow_id;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_create_flow);