diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index fa8e5dc65cb4..829aec3aba8f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -5587,8 +5587,7 @@ static int prepare_user_rq(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	err = create_user_rq(dev, pd, rwq, &ucmd);
 	if (err) {
 		mlx5_ib_dbg(dev, "err %d\n", err);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	rwq->user_index = ucmd.user_index;