diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
index c87b94ea2939..88476a1a601a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/chip.c
@@ -8456,6 +8456,8 @@ static void receive_interrupt_common(struct hfi1_ctxtdata *rcd)
  */
 static void __hfi1_rcd_eoi_intr(struct hfi1_ctxtdata *rcd)
 {
+	if (!rcd->rcvhdrq)
+		return;
 	clear_recv_intr(rcd);
 	if (check_packet_present(rcd))
 		force_recv_intr(rcd);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
index a40701a6e1b6..808571855ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/driver.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,8 @@ int handle_receive_interrupt(struct hfi1_ctxtdata *rcd, int thread)
 	struct hfi1_packet packet;
 	int skip_pkt = 0;
 
+	if (!rcd->rcvhdrq)
+		return RCV_PKT_OK;
 	/* Control context will always use the slow path interrupt handler */
 	needset = (rcd->ctxt == HFI1_CTRL_CTXT) ? 0 : 1;
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
index b6e453e9ba23..dbbf51cada9f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ static int hfi1_create_kctxt(struct hfi1_devdata *dd,
 	rcd->fast_handler = get_dma_rtail_setting(rcd) ?
 				handle_receive_interrupt_dma_rtail :
 				handle_receive_interrupt_nodma_rtail;
-	rcd->slow_handler = handle_receive_interrupt;
 
 	hfi1_set_seq_cnt(rcd, 1);
 
@@ -375,6 +374,8 @@ int hfi1_create_ctxtdata(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, int numa,
 		rcd->numa_id = numa;
 		rcd->rcv_array_groups = dd->rcv_entries.ngroups;
 		rcd->rhf_rcv_function_map = normal_rhf_rcv_functions;
+		rcd->slow_handler = handle_receive_interrupt;
+		rcd->do_interrupt = rcd->slow_handler;
 		rcd->msix_intr = CCE_NUM_MSIX_VECTORS;
 
 		mutex_init(&rcd->exp_mutex);
@@ -939,8 +940,6 @@ int hfi1_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, int reinit)
 		if (!rcd)
 			continue;
 
-		rcd->do_interrupt = &handle_receive_interrupt;
-
 		lastfail = hfi1_create_rcvhdrq(dd, rcd);
 		if (!lastfail)
 			lastfail = hfi1_setup_eagerbufs(rcd);