diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
index 16d528365189..eeb87f31cd25 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
@@ -1918,6 +1918,7 @@ static int qedr_create_user_qp(struct qedr_dev *dev,
 	/* db offset was calculated in copy_qp_uresp, now set in the user q */
 	if (qedr_qp_has_sq(qp)) {
 		qp->usq.db_addr = ctx->dpi_addr + uresp.sq_db_offset;
+		qp->sq.max_wr = attrs->cap.max_send_wr;
 		rc = qedr_db_recovery_add(dev, qp->usq.db_addr,
 					  &qp->usq.db_rec_data->db_data,
 					  DB_REC_WIDTH_32B,
@@ -1928,6 +1929,7 @@ static int qedr_create_user_qp(struct qedr_dev *dev,
 
 	if (qedr_qp_has_rq(qp)) {
 		qp->urq.db_addr = ctx->dpi_addr + uresp.rq_db_offset;
+		qp->rq.max_wr = attrs->cap.max_recv_wr;
 		rc = qedr_db_recovery_add(dev, qp->urq.db_addr,
 					  &qp->urq.db_rec_data->db_data,
 					  DB_REC_WIDTH_32B,