diff --git a/providers/efa/efa_io_defs.h b/providers/efa/efa_io_defs.h
index 3ee0cefa4..fb73feeac 100644
--- a/providers/efa/efa_io_defs.h
+++ b/providers/efa/efa_io_defs.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause */
 /*
- * Copyright 2018-2023 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2018-2024 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef _EFA_IO_H_
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ enum efa_io_comp_status {
 	EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_LOCAL_ERROR_INVALID_LKEY = 5,
 	/* Message too long */
 	EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_LOCAL_ERROR_BAD_LENGTH   = 6,
-	/* Destination ENI is down or does not run EFA */
+	/* RKEY not registered or does not match remote IOVA */
 	EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_REMOTE_ERROR_BAD_ADDRESS = 7,
 	/* Connection was reset by remote side */
 	EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_REMOTE_ERROR_ABORT       = 8,
diff --git a/providers/efa/verbs.c b/providers/efa/verbs.c
index 70bd59fe6..3d670d5af 100644
--- a/providers/efa/verbs.c
+++ b/providers/efa/verbs.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ static enum ibv_wc_status to_ibv_status(enum efa_io_comp_status status)
 	case EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_LOCAL_ERROR_UNRESP_REMOTE:
 		return IBV_WC_RESP_TIMEOUT_ERR;
 	case EFA_IO_COMP_STATUS_REMOTE_ERROR_BAD_ADDRESS:
+		return IBV_WC_REM_ACCESS_ERR;
 	default:
 		return IBV_WC_GENERAL_ERR;
 	}