diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 0b2f601e8cafa594e79d82334e080497f56cb65b..85257f6b9576f77b6a5e24820ad895267d65e50c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static void unicast_arp_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			skb_push(skb, sizeof *phdr);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&path->queue, skb);
 
-			if (path_rec_start(dev, path)) {
+			if (!path->query && path_rec_start(dev, path)) {
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 				path_free(dev, path);
 				return;