diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 4437f834c0a7..6b6393176b3c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,7 @@ static int create_qp(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(qp);
 		goto err_put;
 	}
+	ib_qp_usecnt_inc(qp);
 
 	obj->uevent.uobject.object = qp;
 	obj->uevent.event_file = READ_ONCE(attrs->ufile->default_async_file);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_qp.c
index 75353e09c6fe..dd1075466f61 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_qp.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_QP_CREATE)(
 		ret = PTR_ERR(qp);
 		goto err_put;
 	}
+	ib_qp_usecnt_inc(qp);
 
 	if (attr.qp_type == IB_QPT_XRC_TGT) {
 		obj->uxrcd = container_of(xrcd_uobj, struct ib_uxrcd_object,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index bc9a83f1ca2d..a9819c40a140 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,6 @@ static struct ib_qp *create_qp(struct ib_device *dev, struct ib_pd *pd,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_security;
 
-	ib_qp_usecnt_inc(qp);
 	rdma_restrack_add(&qp->res);
 	return qp;
 
@@ -1346,6 +1345,8 @@ struct ib_qp *ib_create_qp_kernel(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	if (IS_ERR(qp))
 		return qp;
 
+	ib_qp_usecnt_inc(qp);
+
 	if (qp_init_attr->cap.max_rdma_ctxs) {
 		ret = rdma_rw_init_mrs(qp, qp_init_attr);
 		if (ret)