diff --git a/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4 b/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4
index 2f83838618..3145f6f321 100644
--- a/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4
+++ b/config/opal_check_openfabrics.m4
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CHECK_EXP_VERBS],[
                     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 
     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_EXP_VERBS], [$have_struct_ibv_exp_send_wr], [Experimental verbs])
-    AC_CHECK_DECLS([IBV_EXP_ATOMIC_HCA_REPLY_BE, IBV_EXP_QP_CREATE_ATOMIC_BE_REPLY, ibv_exp_create_qp, ibv_exp_query_device],
+    AC_CHECK_DECLS([IBV_EXP_ATOMIC_HCA_REPLY_BE, IBV_EXP_QP_CREATE_ATOMIC_BE_REPLY, ibv_exp_create_qp, ibv_exp_query_device, IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_ATOMICS_ARG],
                    [], [], [#include <infiniband/verbs_exp.h>])
     AS_IF([test '$have_struct_ibv_exp_send_wr' = 1], [$1], [$2])
     OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_POP
diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/openib/connect/btl_openib_connect_udcm.c b/opal/mca/btl/openib/connect/btl_openib_connect_udcm.c
index 639ac14b5d..b6872c8794 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/openib/connect/btl_openib_connect_udcm.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/openib/connect/btl_openib_connect_udcm.c
@@ -1337,8 +1337,10 @@ static int udcm_rc_qp_create_one(udcm_module_t *m, mca_btl_base_endpoint_t* lcl_
     init_attr.comp_mask = IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_PD;
     init_attr.pd = m->btl->device->ib_pd;
 
+#if HAVE_DECL_IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_ATOMICS_ARG
     init_attr.comp_mask |= IBV_EXP_QP_INIT_ATTR_ATOMICS_ARG;
     init_attr.max_atomic_arg = sizeof (int64_t);
+#endif
 
 #if HAVE_DECL_IBV_EXP_ATOMIC_HCA_REPLY_BE
     if (IBV_EXP_ATOMIC_HCA_REPLY_BE == m->btl->device->ib_dev_attr.atomic_cap) {