diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
index 9dde70373a55..8ef6eecc42a0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr.h
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ struct qedr_qp {
 	u32 sq_psn;
 	u32 qkey;
 	u32 dest_qp_num;
+	u8 timeout;
 
 	/* Relevant to qps created from kernel space only (ULPs) */
 	u8 prev_wqe_size;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
index eeb87f31cd25..f7b97b8e81a4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
@@ -2622,6 +2622,8 @@ int qedr_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
 					1 << max_t(int, attr->timeout - 8, 0);
 		else
 			qp_params.ack_timeout = 0;
+
+		qp->timeout = attr->timeout;
 	}
 
 	if (attr_mask & IB_QP_RETRY_CNT) {
@@ -2781,7 +2783,7 @@ int qedr_query_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 	rdma_ah_set_dgid_raw(&qp_attr->ah_attr, &params.dgid.bytes[0]);
 	rdma_ah_set_port_num(&qp_attr->ah_attr, 1);
 	rdma_ah_set_sl(&qp_attr->ah_attr, 0);
-	qp_attr->timeout = params.timeout;
+	qp_attr->timeout = qp->timeout;
 	qp_attr->rnr_retry = params.rnr_retry;
 	qp_attr->retry_cnt = params.retry_cnt;
 	qp_attr->min_rnr_timer = params.min_rnr_nak_timer;