diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index d286bde..7e98a58 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -1647,6 +1647,15 @@
 	       status != CPL_ERR_ARP_MISS;
 }
 
+/* Returns whether a CPL status conveys negative advice.
+ */
+static int is_neg_adv(unsigned int status)
+{
+	return status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE ||
+	       status == CPL_ERR_PERSIST_NEG_ADVICE ||
+	       status == CPL_ERR_KEEPALV_NEG_ADVICE;
+}
+
 #define ACT_OPEN_RETRY_COUNT 2
 
 static int import_ep(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int iptype, __u8 *peer_ip,
@@ -1835,7 +1844,7 @@
 	PDBG("%s ep %p atid %u status %u errno %d\n", __func__, ep, atid,
 	     status, status2errno(status));
 
-	if (status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE) {
+	if (is_neg_adv(status)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING MOD "Connection problems for atid %u\n",
 			atid);
 		return 0;
@@ -2265,15 +2274,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns whether an ABORT_REQ_RSS message is a negative advice.
- */
-static int is_neg_adv_abort(unsigned int status)
-{
-	return status == CPL_ERR_RTX_NEG_ADVICE ||
-	       status == CPL_ERR_PERSIST_NEG_ADVICE;
-}
-
 static int peer_abort(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct cpl_abort_req_rss *req = cplhdr(skb);
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@
 	unsigned int tid = GET_TID(req);
 
 	ep = lookup_tid(t, tid);
-	if (is_neg_adv_abort(req->status)) {
+	if (is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
 		PDBG("%s neg_adv_abort ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep,
 		     ep->hwtid);
 		return 0;
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (is_neg_adv_abort(req->status)) {
+	if (is_neg_adv(req->status)) {
 		PDBG("%s neg_adv_abort ep %p tid %u\n", __func__, ep,
 		     ep->hwtid);
 		kfree_skb(skb);