diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 56dd030045a2..6769c42e46d4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ static struct class ib_class = {
 static void rdma_init_coredev(struct ib_core_device *coredev,
 			      struct ib_device *dev, struct net *net)
 {
+	bool is_full_dev = &dev->coredev == coredev;
+
 	/* This BUILD_BUG_ON is intended to catch layout change
 	 * of union of ib_core_device and device.
 	 * dev must be the first element as ib_core and providers
@@ -554,6 +556,13 @@ static void rdma_init_coredev(struct ib_core_device *coredev,
 
 	coredev->dev.class = &ib_class;
 	coredev->dev.groups = dev->groups;
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't expose hw counters outside of the init namespace.
+	 */
+	if (!is_full_dev && dev->hw_stats_attr_index)
+		coredev->dev.groups[dev->hw_stats_attr_index] = NULL;
+
 	device_initialize(&coredev->dev);
 	coredev->owner = dev;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&coredev->port_list);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 9f97bef02149..210092b9bf17 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ int ib_setup_device_attrs(struct ib_device *ibdev)
 	for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(ibdev->groups); i++)
 		if (!ibdev->groups[i]) {
 			ibdev->groups[i] = &data->group;
+			ibdev->hw_stats_attr_index = i;
 			return 0;
 		}
 	WARN(true, "struct ib_device->groups is too small");
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index bc459d061629..c7e9ec9e9a80 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -2738,6 +2738,7 @@ struct ib_device {
 	 * It is a NULL terminated array.
 	 */
 	const struct attribute_group	*groups[4];
+	u8				hw_stats_attr_index;
 
 	u64			     uverbs_cmd_mask;