diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_srq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_srq.c
index fab417c..b60a9d7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_srq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_srq.c
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (attr_mask & IB_SRQ_LIMIT) {
-		if (attr->srq_limit > srq->max)
+		u32 max_wr = mthca_is_memfree(dev) ? srq->max - 1 : srq->max;
+		if (attr->srq_limit > max_wr)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		mutex_lock(&srq->mutex);