diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
index db2270a..bc21ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c
@@ -757,6 +757,10 @@
 	mlx5_db_free(dev->mdev, &cq->db);
 }
 
+enum {
+	CQ_CREATE_FLAGS_SUPPORTED = IB_CQ_FLAGS_TIMESTAMP_COMPLETION
+};
+
 struct ib_cq *mlx5_ib_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 				const struct ib_cq_init_attr *attr,
 				struct ib_ucontext *context,
@@ -780,6 +784,9 @@
 	if (entries < 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	if (attr->flags & ~CQ_CREATE_FLAGS_SUPPORTED)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+
 	entries = roundup_pow_of_two(entries + 1);
 	if (entries > (1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, log_max_cq_sz)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);