diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types.c
index b571176babbe..cab0ac3556eb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int uverbs_create_cq_handler(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
 	cq->uobject       = &obj->uobject;
 	cq->comp_handler  = ib_uverbs_comp_handler;
 	cq->event_handler = ib_uverbs_cq_event_handler;
-	cq->cq_context    = &ev_file->ev_queue;
+	cq->cq_context    = ev_file ? &ev_file->ev_queue : NULL;
 	obj->uobject.object = cq;
 	obj->uobject.user_handle = user_handle;
 	atomic_set(&cq->usecnt, 0);