diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
index d404a8aba7af..c9dd385ce62e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c
@@ -813,18 +813,17 @@ static enum resp_states execute(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_pkt_info *pkt)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 	}
 
-	/* We successfully processed this new request. */
-	qp->resp.msn++;
-
 	/* next expected psn, read handles this separately */
 	qp->resp.psn = (pkt->psn + 1) & BTH_PSN_MASK;
 
 	qp->resp.opcode = pkt->opcode;
 	qp->resp.status = IB_WC_SUCCESS;
 
-	if (pkt->mask & RXE_COMP_MASK)
+	if (pkt->mask & RXE_COMP_MASK) {
+		/* We successfully processed this new request. */
+		qp->resp.msn++;
 		return RESPST_COMPLETE;
-	else if (qp_type(qp) == IB_QPT_RC)
+	} else if (qp_type(qp) == IB_QPT_RC)
 		return RESPST_ACKNOWLEDGE;
 	else
 		return RESPST_CLEANUP;