diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 2fa3075..cd58b3d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@
 	skb_queue_head_init(&path->queue);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&path->neigh_list);
-	init_completion(&path->done);
 
 	memcpy(path->pathrec.dgid.raw, gid->raw, sizeof (union ib_gid));
 	path->pathrec.sgid      = priv->local_gid;
@@ -446,6 +445,8 @@
 	ipoib_dbg(priv, "Start path record lookup for " IPOIB_GID_FMT "\n",
 		  IPOIB_GID_ARG(path->pathrec.dgid));
 
+	init_completion(&path->done);
+
 	path->query_id =
 		ib_sa_path_rec_get(priv->ca, priv->port,
 				   &path->pathrec,