diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
index 5e9f72ea4579..5feb8bbeff18 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ static int uverbs_validate_kernel_mandatory(const struct uverbs_method_spec *met
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	for (; i < method_spec->num_buckets; i++) {
+		struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket =
+			method_spec->attr_buckets[i];
+
+		if (!bitmap_empty(attr_spec_bucket->mandatory_attrs_bitmask,
+				  attr_spec_bucket->num_attrs))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }