diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
index 32c1cc79bd68..e29fbbdab9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_sp.c
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@ int bnxt_qplib_get_dev_attr(struct bnxt_qplib_rcfw *rcfw,
 	if (!bnxt_qplib_is_chip_gen_p7(rcfw->res->cctx))
 		attr->l2_db_size = (sb->l2_db_space_size + 1) *
 				    (0x01 << RCFW_DBR_BASE_PAGE_SHIFT);
-	attr->max_sgid = BNXT_QPLIB_NUM_GIDS_SUPPORTED;
+	/*
+	 * Read the max gid supported by HW.
+	 * For each entry in HW  GID in HW table, we consume 2
+	 * GID entries in the kernel GID table.  So max_gid reported
+	 * to stack can be up to twice the value reported by the HW, up to 256 gids.
+	 */
+	attr->max_sgid = le32_to_cpu(sb->max_gid);
+	attr->max_sgid = min_t(u32, BNXT_QPLIB_NUM_GIDS_SUPPORTED, 2 * attr->max_sgid);
 	attr->dev_cap_flags = le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_cap_flags);
 	attr->dev_cap_flags2 = le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_cap_ext_flags_2);