diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ism.c b/net/smc/smc_ism.c
index 36459a3c739d..188fd28423c2 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ism.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ism.c
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ static void smc_nl_prep_smcd_dev(struct smcd_dev_list *dev_list,
 	list_for_each_entry(smcd, &dev_list->list, list) {
 		if (num < snum)
 			goto next;
+		if (smc_ism_is_loopback(smcd))
+			goto next;
 		if (smc_nl_handle_smcd_dev(smcd, skb, cb))
 			goto errout;
 next:
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ism.h b/net/smc/smc_ism.h
index 165cd013404b..322973527c61 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ism.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ism.h
@@ -84,4 +84,9 @@ static inline bool smc_ism_is_emulated(struct smcd_dev *smcd)
 	return __smc_ism_is_emulated(chid);
 }
 
+static inline bool smc_ism_is_loopback(struct smcd_dev *smcd)
+{
+	return (smcd->ops->get_chid(smcd) == 0xFFFF);
+}
+
 #endif