diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
index bf4f14a1b4fc..9a566ee3ceff 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ err_buf:
 	return err;
 }
 
-#define CQ_CREATE_FLAGS_SUPPORTED IB_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION
+#define CQ_CREATE_FLAGS_SUPPORTED IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION
 struct ib_cq *mlx4_ib_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 				const struct ib_cq_init_attr *attr,
 				struct ib_ucontext *context,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct ib_cq *mlx4_ib_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 
 	err = mlx4_cq_alloc(dev->dev, entries, &cq->buf.mtt, uar,
 			    cq->db.dma, &cq->mcq, vector, 0,
-			    !!(cq->create_flags & IB_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION));
+			    !!(cq->create_flags & IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION));
 	if (err)
 		goto err_dbmap;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
index 18705cbcdc8c..5b974fb97611 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ struct ib_cq *mlx5_ib_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, uar_page, index);
 	MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, c_eqn, eqn);
 	MLX5_SET64(cqc, cqc, dbr_addr, cq->db.dma);
-	if (cq->create_flags & IB_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN)
+	if (cq->create_flags & IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN)
 		MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, oi, 1);
 
 	err = mlx5_core_create_cq(dev->mdev, &cq->mcq, cqb, inlen);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index 69a80f7512f0..139385129973 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -1123,8 +1123,8 @@ static inline u32 check_cq_create_flags(u32 flags)
 	 * It returns non-zero value for unsupported CQ
 	 * create flags, otherwise it returns zero.
 	 */
-	return (flags & ~(IB_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN |
-			  IB_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION));
+	return (flags & ~(IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN |
+			  IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION));
 }
 
 static inline int verify_assign_uidx(u8 cqe_version, u32 cmd_uidx,
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 5e32fe781ca3..0b2942586840 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -300,11 +300,6 @@ struct ib_tm_caps {
 	u32 max_sge;
 };
 
-enum ib_cq_creation_flags {
-	IB_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION   = 1 << 0,
-	IB_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN	   = 1 << 1,
-};
-
 struct ib_cq_init_attr {
 	unsigned int	cqe;
 	int		comp_vector;
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h
index fd035641cf41..04d0e67b1312 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_verbs.h
@@ -402,13 +402,18 @@ struct ib_uverbs_create_cq {
 	__u64 driver_data[0];
 };
 
+enum ib_uverbs_ex_create_cq_flags {
+	IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION = 1 << 0,
+	IB_UVERBS_CQ_FLAGS_IGNORE_OVERRUN = 1 << 1,
+};
+
 struct ib_uverbs_ex_create_cq {
 	__u64 user_handle;
 	__u32 cqe;
 	__u32 comp_vector;
 	__s32 comp_channel;
 	__u32 comp_mask;
-	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 flags;  /* bitmask of ib_uverbs_ex_create_cq_flags */
 	__u32 reserved;
 };