diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
index 02346d6bcc50..9b195d65a13e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ int mlx5_mr_cache_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 		init_completion(&ent->compl);
 		INIT_WORK(&ent->work, cache_work_func);
 		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ent->dwork, delayed_cache_work_func);
-		queue_work(cache->wq, &ent->work);
 
 		if (i > MR_CACHE_LAST_STD_ENTRY) {
 			mlx5_odp_init_mr_cache_entry(ent);
@@ -711,6 +710,7 @@ int mlx5_mr_cache_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
 			ent->limit = dev->mdev->profile->mr_cache[i].limit;
 		else
 			ent->limit = 0;
+		queue_work(cache->wq, &ent->work);
 	}
 
 	err = mlx5_mr_cache_debugfs_init(dev);