diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
index 19b48c71cf7f..278414b2d01c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ void mlx4_qp_free(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_qp *qp)
 	mlx4_table_put(dev, &qp_table->auxc_table, qp->qpn);
 	mlx4_table_put(dev, &qp_table->qp_table, qp->qpn);
 
-	mlx4_bitmap_free(&qp_table->bitmap, qp->qpn);
+	if (qp->qpn < dev->caps.sqp_start + 8)
+		mlx4_bitmap_free(&qp_table->bitmap, qp->qpn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_qp_free);