diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
index 62f9cf2f94ec647756dcd5f2ae06c9f01a9eafac..4dec515c676c9389459ea80aea034952ab247084 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_hal.c
@@ -852,7 +852,9 @@ int cxio_rdma_init(struct cxio_rdev *rdev_p, struct t3_rdma_init_attr *attr)
 	wqe->qpcaps = attr->qpcaps;
 	wqe->ulpdu_size = cpu_to_be16(attr->tcp_emss);
 	wqe->rqe_count = cpu_to_be16(attr->rqe_count);
-	wqe->flags_rtr_type = cpu_to_be16(attr->flags|V_RTR_TYPE(attr->rtr_type));
+	wqe->flags_rtr_type = cpu_to_be16(attr->flags |
+					  V_RTR_TYPE(attr->rtr_type) |
+					  V_CHAN(attr->chan));
 	wqe->ord = cpu_to_be32(attr->ord);
 	wqe->ird = cpu_to_be32(attr->ird);
 	wqe->qp_dma_addr = cpu_to_be64(attr->qp_dma_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
index 32e3b1461d81d551f3b1aa2a602c9449d2597c8c..a197a5b7ac7fc74836aaf2ece28ff93c4271428d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/cxio_wr.h
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ enum rdma_init_rtr_types {
 #define V_RTR_TYPE(x)	((x) << S_RTR_TYPE)
 #define G_RTR_TYPE(x)	((((x) >> S_RTR_TYPE)) & M_RTR_TYPE)
 
+#define S_CHAN		4
+#define M_CHAN		0x3
+#define V_CHAN(x)	((x) << S_CHAN)
+#define G_CHAN(x)	((((x) >> S_CHAN)) & M_CHAN)
+
 struct t3_rdma_init_attr {
 	u32 tid;
 	u32 qpid;
@@ -346,6 +351,7 @@ struct t3_rdma_init_attr {
 	u16 flags;
 	u16 rqe_count;
 	u32 irs;
+	u32 chan;
 };
 
 struct t3_rdma_init_wr {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_qp.c
index 27bbdc8e773ae934e03b8d421a08102c7b945d63..6e86534719414ff5e5e6c859dd4fd3cbf995cfa5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_qp.c
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ static int rdma_init(struct iwch_dev *rhp, struct iwch_qp *qhp,
 	init_attr.qp_dma_size = (1UL << qhp->wq.size_log2);
 	init_attr.rqe_count = iwch_rqes_posted(qhp);
 	init_attr.flags = qhp->attr.mpa_attr.initiator ? MPA_INITIATOR : 0;
+	init_attr.chan = qhp->ep->l2t->smt_idx;
 	if (peer2peer) {
 		init_attr.rtr_type = RTR_READ;
 		if (init_attr.ord == 0 && qhp->attr.mpa_attr.initiator)