diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
index 4d07d22bfa7b..5fc5ab7813c0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.c
@@ -642,12 +642,13 @@ int bnxt_qplib_query_srq(struct bnxt_qplib_res *res,
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	RCFW_CMD_PREP(req, QUERY_SRQ, cmd_flags);
-	req.srq_cid = cpu_to_le32(srq->id);
 
 	/* Configure the request */
 	sbuf = bnxt_qplib_rcfw_alloc_sbuf(rcfw, sizeof(*sb));
 	if (!sbuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	req.resp_size = sizeof(*sb) / BNXT_QPLIB_CMDQE_UNITS;
+	req.srq_cid = cpu_to_le32(srq->id);
 	sb = sbuf->sb;
 	rc = bnxt_qplib_rcfw_send_message(rcfw, (void *)&req, (void *)&resp,
 					  (void *)sbuf, 0);