diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/ah.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/ah.c
index 505bc47fd575d5..99036afb3aef0b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/ah.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/ah.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static void create_ib_ah(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_ah *ah,
 		ah->av.tclass = grh->traffic_class;
 	}
 
-	ah->av.stat_rate_sl = (rdma_ah_get_static_rate(ah_attr) << 4);
+	ah->av.stat_rate_sl =
+		(mlx5r_ib_rate(dev, rdma_ah_get_static_rate(ah_attr)) << 4);
 
 	if (ah_attr->type == RDMA_AH_ATTR_TYPE_ROCE) {
 		if (init_attr->xmit_slave)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
index 08d22db8dca910..88724d15705d4b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
@@ -3447,11 +3447,11 @@ static int ib_to_mlx5_rate_map(u8 rate)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ib_rate_to_mlx5(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u8 rate)
+int mlx5r_ib_rate(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u8 rate)
 {
 	u32 stat_rate_support;
 
-	if (rate == IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT)
+	if (rate == IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT || rate == IB_RATE_800_GBPS)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (rate < IB_RATE_2_5_GBPS || rate > IB_RATE_800_GBPS)
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ static int mlx5_set_path(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct mlx5_ib_qp *qp,
 		       sizeof(grh->dgid.raw));
 	}
 
-	err = ib_rate_to_mlx5(dev, rdma_ah_get_static_rate(ah));
+	err = mlx5r_ib_rate(dev, rdma_ah_get_static_rate(ah));
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 	MLX5_SET(ads, path, stat_rate, err);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.h
index b6ee7c3ee1ca1b..2530e7730635f3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.h
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ int mlx5_core_xrcd_dealloc(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u32 xrcdn);
 int mlx5_ib_qp_set_counter(struct ib_qp *qp, struct rdma_counter *counter);
 int mlx5_ib_qp_event_init(void);
 void mlx5_ib_qp_event_cleanup(void);
+int mlx5r_ib_rate(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, u8 rate);
 #endif /* _MLX5_IB_QP_H */