diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index b933756..1edd41e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -826,9 +826,13 @@ static int mlx5_ib_query_device(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 
 	if (field_avail(typeof(resp), flags, uhw->outlen)) {
 		resp.response_length += sizeof(resp.flags);
+
 		if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cqe_compression_128))
 			resp.flags |=
 				MLX5_IB_QUERY_DEV_RESP_FLAGS_CQE_128B_COMP;
+
+		if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cqe_128_always))
+			resp.flags |= MLX5_IB_QUERY_DEV_RESP_FLAGS_CQE_128B_PAD;
 	}
 
 	if (field_avail(typeof(resp), sw_parsing_caps,