diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
index ea13efddf175..c58fd4eead18 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
@@ -1534,8 +1534,6 @@ static int internal_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 	if (attr_mask & IB_QP_QKEY)
 		my_qp->qkey = attr->qkey;
 
-	my_qp->state = qp_new_state;
-
 modify_qp_exit2:
 	if (squeue_locked) { /* this means: sqe -> rts */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&my_qp->spinlock_s, flags);
@@ -1551,6 +1549,8 @@ modify_qp_exit1:
 int ehca_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr, int attr_mask,
 		   struct ib_udata *udata)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
+
 	struct ehca_shca *shca = container_of(ibqp->device, struct ehca_shca,
 					      ib_device);
 	struct ehca_qp *my_qp = container_of(ibqp, struct ehca_qp, ib_qp);
@@ -1597,12 +1597,18 @@ int ehca_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr, int attr_mask,
 				 attr->qp_state, my_qp->init_attr.port_num,
 				 ibqp->qp_type);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->mod_sqp_lock, flags);
-			return 0;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->mod_sqp_lock, flags);
 	}
 
-	return internal_modify_qp(ibqp, attr, attr_mask, 0);
+	ret = internal_modify_qp(ibqp, attr, attr_mask, 0);
+
+out:
+	if ((ret == 0) && (attr_mask & IB_QP_STATE))
+		my_qp->state = attr->qp_state;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void ehca_recover_sqp(struct ib_qp *sqp)