diff --git a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma.h b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma.h
index 81e0e0e99c..e2d9f93cdf 100644
--- a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma.h
+++ b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 #define PVRDMA_HW_VERSION    17
 #define PVRDMA_FW_VERSION    14
 
+/* Some defaults */
+#define PVRDMA_PKEY          0x7FFF
+
 typedef struct DSRInfo {
     dma_addr_t dma;
     struct pvrdma_device_shared_region *dsr;
diff --git a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c
index e7d6589cdc..4f74b29936 100644
--- a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c
+++ b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_cmd.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int query_pkey(PVRDMADev *dev, union pvrdma_cmd_req *req,
     resp->hdr.ack = PVRDMA_CMD_QUERY_PKEY_RESP;
     resp->hdr.err = 0;
 
-    resp->pkey = 0x7FFF;
+    resp->pkey = PVRDMA_PKEY;
     pr_dbg("pkey=0x%x\n", resp->pkey);
 
     return 0;