ib_attr->max_mr = dev_attr->max_mr;
        ib_attr->max_pd = dev_attr->max_pd;
        ib_attr->max_qp_rd_atom = dev_attr->max_qp_rd_atom;
-       ib_attr->max_qp_init_rd_atom = dev_attr->max_qp_rd_atom;
+       ib_attr->max_qp_init_rd_atom = dev_attr->max_qp_init_rd_atom;
        ib_attr->atomic_cap = IB_ATOMIC_HCA;
        ib_attr->masked_atomic_cap = IB_ATOMIC_HCA;
 
        if (qp_attr_mask & IB_QP_MAX_QP_RD_ATOMIC) {
                qp->qplib_qp.modify_flags |=
                                CMDQ_MODIFY_QP_MODIFY_MASK_MAX_RD_ATOMIC;
-               qp->qplib_qp.max_rd_atomic = qp_attr->max_rd_atomic;
+               /* Cap the max_rd_atomic to device max */
+               qp->qplib_qp.max_rd_atomic = min_t(u32, qp_attr->max_rd_atomic,
+                                                  dev_attr->max_qp_rd_atom);
        }
        if (qp_attr_mask & IB_QP_SQ_PSN) {
                qp->qplib_qp.modify_flags |= CMDQ_MODIFY_QP_MODIFY_MASK_SQ_PSN;
                qp->qplib_qp.sq.psn = qp_attr->sq_psn;
        }
        if (qp_attr_mask & IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC) {
+               if (qp_attr->max_dest_rd_atomic >
+                   dev_attr->max_qp_init_rd_atom) {
+                       dev_err(rdev_to_dev(rdev),
+                               "max_dest_rd_atomic requested%d is > dev_max%d",
+                               qp_attr->max_dest_rd_atomic,
+                               dev_attr->max_qp_init_rd_atom);
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
                qp->qplib_qp.modify_flags |=
                                CMDQ_MODIFY_QP_MODIFY_MASK_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC;
                qp->qplib_qp.max_dest_rd_atomic = qp_attr->max_dest_rd_atomic;