diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
index 570bc866b1d6..0914731c9aac 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -1764,14 +1764,14 @@ static int __mlx4_ib_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 		u8 port_num = mlx4_is_bonded(to_mdev(ibqp->device)->dev) ? 1 :
 			attr_mask & IB_QP_PORT ? attr->port_num : qp->port;
 		union ib_gid gid;
-		struct ib_gid_attr gid_attr;
+		struct ib_gid_attr gid_attr = {.gid_type = IB_GID_TYPE_IB};
 		u16 vlan = 0xffff;
 		u8 smac[ETH_ALEN];
 		int status = 0;
 		int is_eth = rdma_cap_eth_ah(&dev->ib_dev, port_num) &&
 			attr->ah_attr.ah_flags & IB_AH_GRH;
 
-		if (is_eth) {
+		if (is_eth && attr->ah_attr.ah_flags & IB_AH_GRH) {
 			int index = attr->ah_attr.grh.sgid_index;
 
 			status = ib_get_cached_gid(ibqp->device, port_num,