diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index 3eb7a7a3a975..895799cbc4fd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -1424,13 +1424,6 @@ int irdma_modify_qp_roce(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 		case IB_QPS_SQE:
 		case IB_QPS_ERR:
 		case IB_QPS_RESET:
-			if (iwqp->iwarp_state == IRDMA_QP_STATE_RTS) {
-				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwqp->lock, flags);
-				info.next_iwarp_state = IRDMA_QP_STATE_SQD;
-				irdma_hw_modify_qp(iwdev, iwqp, &info, true);
-				spin_lock_irqsave(&iwqp->lock, flags);
-			}
-
 			if (iwqp->iwarp_state == IRDMA_QP_STATE_ERROR) {
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwqp->lock, flags);
 				if (udata && udata->inlen) {