diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index a082466f4a8..886a08cc7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -680,12 +680,7 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		neigh = *to_ipoib_neigh(skb->dst->neighbour);
 
-		if (ipoib_cm_get(neigh)) {
-			if (ipoib_cm_up(neigh)) {
-				ipoib_cm_send(dev, skb, ipoib_cm_get(neigh));
-				goto out;
-			}
-		} else if (neigh->ah) {
+		if (neigh->ah)
 			if (unlikely((memcmp(&neigh->dgid.raw,
 					    skb->dst->neighbour->ha + 4,
 					    sizeof(union ib_gid))) ||
@@ -706,6 +701,12 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				goto out;
 			}
 
+		if (ipoib_cm_get(neigh)) {
+			if (ipoib_cm_up(neigh)) {
+				ipoib_cm_send(dev, skb, ipoib_cm_get(neigh));
+				goto out;
+			}
+		} else if (neigh->ah) {
 			ipoib_send(dev, skb, neigh->ah, IPOIB_QPN(skb->dst->neighbour->ha));
 			goto out;
 		}