diff --git a/providers/efa/verbs.c b/providers/efa/verbs.c
index 9bdd976..44efdfd 100644
--- a/providers/efa/verbs.c
+++ b/providers/efa/verbs.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
 
 	if (!vext_field_avail(struct efadv_cq_init_attr, wc_flags, inlen) ||
 	    efa_attr->comp_mask ||
-	    (inlen > sizeof(efa_attr) && !is_ext_cleared(efa_attr, inlen))) {
+	    (inlen > sizeof(*efa_attr) && !is_ext_cleared(efa_attr, inlen))) {
 		verbs_err(verbs_get_ctx(ibvctx), "Compatibility issues\n");
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		return NULL;