diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
index d0895e61df15..539b1a2f9008 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
@@ -2854,6 +2854,7 @@ int bnxt_qplib_poll_cq(struct bnxt_qplib_cq *cq, struct bnxt_qplib_cqe *cqe,
 	struct cq_base *hw_cqe;
 	u32 sw_cons, raw_cons;
 	int budget, rc = 0;
+	u8 type;
 
 	raw_cons = cq->hwq.cons;
 	budget = num_cqes;
@@ -2872,7 +2873,8 @@ int bnxt_qplib_poll_cq(struct bnxt_qplib_cq *cq, struct bnxt_qplib_cqe *cqe,
 		 */
 		dma_rmb();
 		/* From the device's respective CQE format to qplib_wc*/
-		switch (hw_cqe->cqe_type_toggle & CQ_BASE_CQE_TYPE_MASK) {
+		type = hw_cqe->cqe_type_toggle & CQ_BASE_CQE_TYPE_MASK;
+		switch (type) {
 		case CQ_BASE_CQE_TYPE_REQ:
 			rc = bnxt_qplib_cq_process_req(cq,
 						       (struct cq_req *)hw_cqe,
@@ -2919,8 +2921,9 @@ int bnxt_qplib_poll_cq(struct bnxt_qplib_cq *cq, struct bnxt_qplib_cqe *cqe,
 			/* Error while processing the CQE, just skip to the
 			 * next one
 			 */
-			dev_err(&cq->hwq.pdev->dev,
-				"process_cqe error rc = 0x%x\n", rc);
+			if (type != CQ_BASE_CQE_TYPE_TERMINAL)
+				dev_err(&cq->hwq.pdev->dev,
+					"process_cqe error rc = 0x%x\n", rc);
 		}
 		raw_cons++;
 	}