diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index c13a5c35ce14..fc8f14c7bfec 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_bc_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	xprt = &cma_xprt->sc_xprt;
 
 	svc_xprt_init(net, &svc_rdma_bc_class, xprt, serv);
+	set_bit(XPT_CONG_CTRL, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 	serv->sv_bc_xprt = xprt;
 
 	dprintk("svcrdma: %s(%p)\n", __func__, xprt);