diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index ad8a2638e339..ed6320186f89 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ static int create_kernel_qp(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 	if (init_attr->create_flags & ~(IB_QP_CREATE_SIGNATURE_EN |
 					IB_QP_CREATE_BLOCK_MULTICAST_LOOPBACK |
 					IB_QP_CREATE_IPOIB_UD_LSO |
+					IB_QP_CREATE_NETIF_QP |
 					mlx5_ib_create_qp_sqpn_qp1()))
 		return -EINVAL;