diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
index 293f5b8..431fdea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_vlan.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	priv->max_ib_mtu = ppriv->max_ib_mtu;
 	set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_SUBINTERFACE, &priv->flags);
 
 	priv->pkey = pkey;