diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index ccd9811c6c1e..d03a4f2e006f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -213,10 +213,12 @@ static const char *get_ch_state_name(enum rdma_ch_state s)
 /**
  * srpt_qp_event - QP event callback function
  * @event: Description of the event that occurred.
- * @ch: SRPT RDMA channel.
+ * @ptr: SRPT RDMA channel.
  */
-static void srpt_qp_event(struct ib_event *event, struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch)
+static void srpt_qp_event(struct ib_event *event, void *ptr)
 {
+	struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch = ptr;
+
 	pr_debug("QP event %d on ch=%p sess_name=%s-%d state=%s\n",
 		 event->event, ch, ch->sess_name, ch->qp->qp_num,
 		 get_ch_state_name(ch->state));
@@ -1802,8 +1804,7 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	qp_init->qp_context = (void *)ch;
-	qp_init->event_handler
-		= (void(*)(struct ib_event *, void*))srpt_qp_event;
+	qp_init->event_handler = srpt_qp_event;
 	qp_init->send_cq = ch->cq;
 	qp_init->recv_cq = ch->cq;
 	qp_init->sq_sig_type = IB_SIGNAL_REQ_WR;