diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.c
index 37a40fb4d0d7..638d127fb3e0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.c
@@ -254,5 +254,6 @@ void i40iw_init_hw(struct irdma_sc_dev *dev)
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_stat_idx = IRDMA_HW_STAT_INDEX_MAX_GEN_1;
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_hw_outbound_msg_size = I40IW_MAX_OUTBOUND_MSG_SIZE;
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_hw_inbound_msg_size = I40IW_MAX_INBOUND_MSG_SIZE;
+	dev->hw_attrs.uk_attrs.min_hw_wq_size = I40IW_MIN_WQ_SIZE;
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_qp_wr = I40IW_MAX_QP_WRS;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.h
index 1c438b3593ea..10afc165f5ea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_hw.h
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ enum i40iw_device_caps_const {
 	I40IW_MAX_CQ_SIZE			= 1048575,
 	I40IW_MAX_OUTBOUND_MSG_SIZE		= 2147483647,
 	I40IW_MAX_INBOUND_MSG_SIZE		= 2147483647,
+	I40IW_MIN_WQ_SIZE                       = 4 /* WQEs */,
 };
 
 #define I40IW_QP_WQE_MIN_SIZE   32
 #define I40IW_QP_WQE_MAX_SIZE   128
-#define I40IW_QP_SW_MIN_WQSIZE  4
 #define I40IW_MAX_RQ_WQE_SHIFT  2
 #define I40IW_MAX_QUANTA_PER_WR 2
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.c
index 298d14905993..10ccf4bc3f2d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.c
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ void icrdma_init_hw(struct irdma_sc_dev *dev)
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_stat_inst = ICRDMA_MAX_STATS_COUNT;
 	dev->hw_attrs.max_stat_idx = IRDMA_HW_STAT_INDEX_MAX_GEN_2;
 
+	dev->hw_attrs.uk_attrs.min_hw_wq_size = ICRDMA_MIN_WQ_SIZE;
 	dev->hw_attrs.uk_attrs.max_hw_sq_chunk = IRDMA_MAX_QUANTA_PER_WR;
 	dev->hw_attrs.uk_attrs.feature_flags |= IRDMA_FEATURE_RTS_AE |
 						IRDMA_FEATURE_CQ_RESIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.h
index b65c463abf0b..54035a08cc93 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_hw.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum icrdma_device_caps_const {
 
 	ICRDMA_MAX_IRD_SIZE			= 127,
 	ICRDMA_MAX_ORD_SIZE			= 255,
+	ICRDMA_MIN_WQ_SIZE                      = 8 /* WQEs */,
 
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/irdma.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/irdma.h
index 173e2dc2fc35..3237fa64bc8f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/irdma.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/irdma.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct irdma_uk_attrs {
 	u32 min_hw_cq_size;
 	u32 max_hw_cq_size;
 	u16 max_hw_sq_chunk;
+	u16 min_hw_wq_size;
 	u8 hw_rev;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/uk.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/uk.c
index a45112a41f59..2986aee3a429 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/uk.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/uk.c
@@ -1349,10 +1349,12 @@ void irdma_get_wqe_shift(struct irdma_uk_attrs *uk_attrs, u32 sge,
 int irdma_get_sqdepth(struct irdma_uk_attrs *uk_attrs, u32 sq_size, u8 shift,
 		      u32 *sqdepth)
 {
+	u32 min_size = (u32)uk_attrs->min_hw_wq_size << shift;
+
 	*sqdepth = irdma_qp_round_up((sq_size << shift) + IRDMA_SQ_RSVD);
 
-	if (*sqdepth < (IRDMA_QP_SW_MIN_WQSIZE << shift))
-		*sqdepth = IRDMA_QP_SW_MIN_WQSIZE << shift;
+	if (*sqdepth < min_size)
+		*sqdepth = min_size;
 	else if (*sqdepth > uk_attrs->max_hw_wq_quanta)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1369,10 +1371,12 @@ int irdma_get_sqdepth(struct irdma_uk_attrs *uk_attrs, u32 sq_size, u8 shift,
 int irdma_get_rqdepth(struct irdma_uk_attrs *uk_attrs, u32 rq_size, u8 shift,
 		      u32 *rqdepth)
 {
+	u32 min_size = (u32)uk_attrs->min_hw_wq_size << shift;
+
 	*rqdepth = irdma_qp_round_up((rq_size << shift) + IRDMA_RQ_RSVD);
 
-	if (*rqdepth < (IRDMA_QP_SW_MIN_WQSIZE << shift))
-		*rqdepth = IRDMA_QP_SW_MIN_WQSIZE << shift;
+	if (*rqdepth < min_size)
+		*rqdepth = min_size;
 	else if (*rqdepth > uk_attrs->max_hw_rq_quanta)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/user.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/user.h
index 1e0e1a71dbad..dd145ec72a91 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/user.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/user.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ enum irdma_device_caps_const {
 	IRDMA_Q2_BUF_SIZE =			256,
 	IRDMA_QP_CTX_SIZE =			256,
 	IRDMA_MAX_PDS =				262144,
+	IRDMA_MIN_WQ_SIZE_GEN2 =                8,
 };
 
 enum irdma_addressing_type {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
index 7efe3587690f..ec773de31be6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ static int irdma_alloc_ucontext(struct ib_ucontext *uctx,
 		uresp.min_hw_cq_size = uk_attrs->min_hw_cq_size;
 		uresp.hw_rev = uk_attrs->hw_rev;
 		uresp.comp_mask |= IRDMA_ALLOC_UCTX_USE_RAW_ATTR;
+		uresp.min_hw_wq_size = uk_attrs->min_hw_wq_size;
+		uresp.comp_mask |= IRDMA_ALLOC_UCTX_MIN_HW_WQ_SIZE;
 		if (ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &uresp,
 				     min(sizeof(uresp), udata->outlen))) {
 			rdma_user_mmap_entry_remove(ucontext->db_mmap_entry);
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/irdma-abi.h b/include/uapi/rdma/irdma-abi.h
index 3a0cde4dcf33..bb18f15489e3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/irdma-abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/irdma-abi.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum irdma_memreg_type {
 
 enum {
 	IRDMA_ALLOC_UCTX_USE_RAW_ATTR = 1 << 0,
+	IRDMA_ALLOC_UCTX_MIN_HW_WQ_SIZE = 1 << 1,
 };
 
 struct irdma_alloc_ucontext_req {
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ struct irdma_alloc_ucontext_resp {
 	__u8 hw_rev;
 	__u8 rsvd2;
 	__aligned_u64 comp_mask;
+	__u16 min_hw_wq_size;
+	__u8 rsvd3[6];
 };
 
 struct irdma_alloc_pd_resp {
