diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
index 40296b97d21e..079aaaaffec7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ int bnxt_qplib_get_dev_attr(struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw *rcfw,
 	attr->max_inline_data = le32_to_cpu(sb->max_inline_data);
 	attr->l2_db_size = (sb->l2_db_space_size + 1) *
 			    (0x01 << RCFW_DBR_BASE_PAGE_SHIFT);
-	attr->max_sgid = le32_to_cpu(sb->max_gid);
+	attr->max_sgid = BNXT_QPLIB_NUM_GIDS_SUPPORTED;
 
 	bnxt_qplib_query_version(rcfw, attr->fw_ver);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
index 13d9432d5ce2..194f5ef45ca6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 struct bnxt_qplib_dev_attr {
 #define FW_VER_ARR_LEN			4
 	u8				fw_ver[FW_VER_ARR_LEN];
+#define BNXT_QPLIB_NUM_GIDS_SUPPORTED	256
 	u16				max_sgid;
 	u16				max_mrw;
 	u32				max_qp;