diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 56feab6c251..112d3970222 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ ssize_t ib_uverbs_get_context(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 
 	ucontext = ibdev->alloc_ucontext(ibdev, &udata);
 	if (IS_ERR(ucontext)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(file->ucontext);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(ucontext);
 		goto err;
 	}