diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 82e9ffecd90e..55bae71bf339 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void rds_tcp_tune(struct socket *sock)
 		sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
 	}
 	if (rtn->rcvbuf_size > 0) {
-		sk->sk_sndbuf = rtn->rcvbuf_size;
+		sk->sk_rcvbuf = rtn->rcvbuf_size;
 		sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
 	}
 	release_sock(sk);