struct isert_cq_desc *cq_desc;
        struct ib_device_attr *dev_attr;
        int ret = 0, i, j;
+       int max_rx_cqe, max_tx_cqe;
 
        dev_attr = &device->dev_attr;
        ret = isert_query_device(ib_dev, dev_attr);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
+       max_rx_cqe = min(ISER_MAX_RX_CQ_LEN, dev_attr->max_cqe);
+       max_tx_cqe = min(ISER_MAX_TX_CQ_LEN, dev_attr->max_cqe);
+
        /* asign function handlers */
        if (dev_attr->device_cap_flags & IB_DEVICE_MEM_MGT_EXTENSIONS &&
            dev_attr->device_cap_flags & IB_DEVICE_SIGNATURE_HANDOVER) {
                                                isert_cq_rx_callback,
                                                isert_cq_event_callback,
                                                (void *)&cq_desc[i],
-                                               ISER_MAX_RX_CQ_LEN, i);
+                                               max_rx_cqe, i);
                if (IS_ERR(device->dev_rx_cq[i])) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(device->dev_rx_cq[i]);
                        device->dev_rx_cq[i] = NULL;
                                                isert_cq_tx_callback,
                                                isert_cq_event_callback,
                                                (void *)&cq_desc[i],
-                                               ISER_MAX_TX_CQ_LEN, i);
+                                               max_tx_cqe, i);
                if (IS_ERR(device->dev_tx_cq[i])) {
                        ret = PTR_ERR(device->dev_tx_cq[i]);
                        device->dev_tx_cq[i] = NULL;