diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
index 119b2573c9a08..26c3408dcacae 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static inline int mthca_poll_one(struct mthca_dev *dev,
 			entry->byte_len  = MTHCA_ATOMIC_BYTE_LEN;
 			break;
 		default:
-			entry->opcode    = MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID;
+			entry->opcode = 0xFF;
 			break;
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
index 9dbbf4d16796a..a445160de3e16 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ enum {
 	MTHCA_OPCODE_ATOMIC_CS      = 0x11,
 	MTHCA_OPCODE_ATOMIC_FA      = 0x12,
 	MTHCA_OPCODE_BIND_MW        = 0x18,
-	MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID        = 0xff
 };
 
 enum {