diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index cd14d1b9dc1d..bce3cb6af524 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ struct mlx5_ib_mr *mlx5_mr_cache_alloc(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	ent = &cache->ent[entry];
 	spin_lock_irq(&ent->lock);
 	if (list_empty(&ent->head)) {
+		queue_adjust_cache_locked(ent);
+		ent->miss++;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ent->lock);
 		mr = create_cache_mr(ent);
 		if (IS_ERR(mr))