diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
index 8443d41c6e35..a3af46cbbf8d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
@@ -7045,6 +7045,7 @@ void handle_link_down(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* Go offline first, then deal with reading/writing through 8051 */
 	was_up = !!(ppd->host_link_state & HLS_UP);
 	set_link_state(ppd, HLS_DN_OFFLINE);
+	xchg(&ppd->is_link_down_queued, 0);
 
 	if (was_up) {
 		lcl_reason = 0;
@@ -7805,10 +7806,11 @@ static void handle_8051_interrupt(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, u32 unused, u64 reg)
 		 */
 		if ((ppd->host_link_state &
 		    (HLS_GOING_OFFLINE | HLS_LINK_COOLDOWN)) ||
-		    ppd->link_enabled == 0) {
+		    ppd->link_enabled == 0 || ppd->is_link_down_queued) {
 			dd_dev_info(dd, "%s: not queuing link down\n",
 				    __func__);
 		} else {
+			xchg(&ppd->is_link_down_queued, 1);
 			queue_work(ppd->link_wq, &ppd->link_down_work);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/hfi.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/hfi.h
index ee6c389f9515..fb5f8394fbed 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/hfi.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/hfi.h
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ struct hfi1_pportdata {
 	/* placeholders for IB MAD packet settings */
 	u8 overrun_threshold;
 	u8 phy_error_threshold;
+	unsigned int is_link_down_queued;
 
 	/* Used to override LED behavior for things like maintenance beaconing*/
 	/*