diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
index 2fcc9f3290d7..d9efe223328b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/mad.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "hfi.h"
 #include "mad.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "qp.h"
 
 /* the reset value from the FM is supposed to be 0xffff, handle both */
 #define OPA_LINK_WIDTH_RESET_OLD 0x0fff
@@ -1517,14 +1518,22 @@ static int __subn_set_opa_sl_to_sc(struct opa_smp *smp, u32 am, u8 *data,
 	struct hfi1_ibport *ibp = to_iport(ibdev, port);
 	u8 *p = data;
 	int i;
+	u8 sc;
 
 	if (am) {
 		smp->status |= IB_SMP_INVALID_FIELD;
 		return reply((struct ib_mad_hdr *)smp);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i <  ARRAY_SIZE(ibp->sl_to_sc); i++)
-		ibp->sl_to_sc[i] = *p++;
+	for (i = 0; i <  ARRAY_SIZE(ibp->sl_to_sc); i++) {
+		sc = *p++;
+		if (ibp->sl_to_sc[i] != sc) {
+			ibp->sl_to_sc[i] = sc;
+
+			/* Put all stale qps into error state */
+			hfi1_error_port_qps(ibp, i);
+		}
+	}
 
 	return __subn_get_opa_sl_to_sc(smp, am, data, ibdev, port, resp_len);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.c
index 00866c07fddc..9e0531434eff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.c
@@ -840,3 +840,55 @@ void notify_error_qp(struct rvt_qp *qp)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * hfi1_error_port_qps - put a port's RC/UC qps into error state
+ * @ibp: the ibport.
+ * @sl: the service level.
+ *
+ * This function places all RC/UC qps with a given service level into error
+ * state. It is generally called to force upper lay apps to abandon stale qps
+ * after an sl->sc mapping change.
+ */
+void hfi1_error_port_qps(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp, u8 sl)
+{
+	struct rvt_qp *qp = NULL;
+	struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd = ppd_from_ibp(ibp);
+	struct hfi1_ibdev *dev = &ppd->dd->verbs_dev;
+	int n;
+	int lastwqe;
+	struct ib_event ev;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	/* Deal only with RC/UC qps that use the given SL. */
+	for (n = 0; n < dev->rdi.qp_dev->qp_table_size; n++) {
+		for (qp = rcu_dereference(dev->rdi.qp_dev->qp_table[n]); qp;
+			qp = rcu_dereference(qp->next)) {
+			if (qp->port_num == ppd->port &&
+			    (qp->ibqp.qp_type == IB_QPT_UC ||
+			     qp->ibqp.qp_type == IB_QPT_RC) &&
+			    qp->remote_ah_attr.sl == sl &&
+			    (ib_rvt_state_ops[qp->state] &
+			     RVT_POST_SEND_OK)) {
+				spin_lock_irq(&qp->r_lock);
+				spin_lock(&qp->s_hlock);
+				spin_lock(&qp->s_lock);
+				lastwqe = rvt_error_qp(qp,
+						       IB_WC_WR_FLUSH_ERR);
+				spin_unlock(&qp->s_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&qp->s_hlock);
+				spin_unlock_irq(&qp->r_lock);
+				if (lastwqe) {
+					ev.device = qp->ibqp.device;
+					ev.element.qp = &qp->ibqp;
+					ev.event =
+						IB_EVENT_QP_LAST_WQE_REACHED;
+					qp->ibqp.event_handler(&ev,
+						qp->ibqp.qp_context);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
index 98827b5dd2a1..afc2b4d242b7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/qp.h
@@ -158,4 +158,5 @@ void stop_send_queue(struct rvt_qp *qp);
 void quiesce_qp(struct rvt_qp *qp);
 u32 mtu_from_qp(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi, struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 pmtu);
 int mtu_to_path_mtu(u32 mtu);
+void hfi1_error_port_qps(struct hfi1_ibport *ibp, u8 sl);
 #endif /* _QP_H */