diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index d627f44bc84d1a495425e6c35537278410037180..169ffffcf5ed73ce939863b367961a059adbfbd7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ int mlx5_ib_devx_create(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, bool is_user)
 	if (is_user && capable(CAP_NET_RAW) &&
 	    (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, uctx_cap) & MLX5_UCTX_CAP_RAW_TX))
 		cap |= MLX5_UCTX_CAP_RAW_TX;
+	if (is_user && capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) &&
+	    (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, uctx_cap) &
+	     MLX5_UCTX_CAP_INTERNAL_DEV_RES))
+		cap |= MLX5_UCTX_CAP_INTERNAL_DEV_RES;
 
 	MLX5_SET(create_uctx_in, in, opcode, MLX5_CMD_OP_CREATE_UCTX);
 	MLX5_SET(uctx, uctx, cap, cap);