diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 05036dbb9804..b48ad85315dc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ static struct ib_ucontext *mlx5_ib_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	num_uars = req.total_num_uuars / MLX5_NON_FP_BF_REGS_PER_PAGE;
 	gross_uuars = num_uars * MLX5_BF_REGS_PER_PAGE;
 	resp.qp_tab_size = 1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, log_max_qp);
-	resp.bf_reg_size = 1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, log_bf_reg_size);
+	if (mlx5_core_is_pf(dev->mdev) && MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, bf))
+		resp.bf_reg_size = 1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, log_bf_reg_size);
 	resp.cache_line_size = L1_CACHE_BYTES;
 	resp.max_sq_desc_sz = MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_wqe_sz_sq);
 	resp.max_rq_desc_sz = MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, max_wqe_sz_rq);