diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
index bca5358f3ef2..4523eb85ec69 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -438,9 +438,13 @@ static int set_user_sq_size(struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev,
 			    struct mlx4_ib_qp *qp,
 			    struct mlx4_ib_create_qp *ucmd)
 {
+	u32 cnt;
+
 	/* Sanity check SQ size before proceeding */
-	if ((1 << ucmd->log_sq_bb_count) > dev->dev->caps.max_wqes	 ||
-	    ucmd->log_sq_stride >
+	if (check_shl_overflow(1, ucmd->log_sq_bb_count, &cnt) ||
+	    cnt > dev->dev->caps.max_wqes)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ucmd->log_sq_stride >
 		ilog2(roundup_pow_of_two(dev->dev->caps.max_sq_desc_sz)) ||
 	    ucmd->log_sq_stride < MLX4_IB_MIN_SQ_STRIDE)
 		return -EINVAL;