diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 34d3ed8b249ef76781dd64e54af57ed5ed620b7d..d87874e4902de865bf526747324e50b005393aef 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_create_queue_ib(struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nvme_rdma_init_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
+static int nvme_rdma_alloc_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		int idx, size_t queue_size)
 {
 	struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue;
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_connect_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int nvme_rdma_init_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
+static int nvme_rdma_alloc_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts = ctrl->ctrl.opts;
 	unsigned int nr_io_queues;
@@ -634,13 +634,10 @@ static int nvme_rdma_init_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 		"creating %d I/O queues.\n", nr_io_queues);
 
 	for (i = 1; i < ctrl->ctrl.queue_count; i++) {
-		ret = nvme_rdma_init_queue(ctrl, i,
-					   ctrl->ctrl.opts->queue_size);
-		if (ret) {
-			dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
-				"failed to initialize i/o queue: %d\n", ret);
+		ret = nvme_rdma_alloc_queue(ctrl, i,
+				ctrl->ctrl.sqsize + 1);
+		if (ret)
 			goto out_free_queues;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -736,7 +733,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_configure_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 {
 	int error;
 
-	error = nvme_rdma_init_queue(ctrl, 0, NVME_AQ_DEPTH);
+	error = nvme_rdma_alloc_queue(ctrl, 0, NVME_AQ_DEPTH);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -824,7 +821,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_configure_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl, bool new)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = nvme_rdma_init_io_queues(ctrl);
+	ret = nvme_rdma_alloc_io_queues(ctrl);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;