diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 3e04d8bd6b3c..b8cbf00e3ef1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -3156,7 +3156,8 @@ static int __mlx5_ib_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp,
 	 * If we moved a kernel QP to RESET, clean up all old CQ
 	 * entries and reinitialize the QP.
 	 */
-	if (new_state == IB_QPS_RESET && !ibqp->uobject) {
+	if (new_state == IB_QPS_RESET &&
+	    !ibqp->uobject && ibqp->qp_type != IB_QPT_XRC_TGT) {
 		mlx5_ib_cq_clean(recv_cq, base->mqp.qpn,
 				 ibqp->srq ? to_msrq(ibqp->srq) : NULL);
 		if (send_cq != recv_cq)