diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index f1e3639d2050..7c125e6cca4f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 		credits = buf->rb_max_requests;
 	if (buf->rb_credits != credits)
 		rpcrdma_update_cwnd(r_xprt, credits);
+	rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, false);
 
 	req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rqst);
 	if (req->rl_reply) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 97bc15e287b2..3a1a31c3d791 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ rpcrdma_regbuf_alloc(size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction,
 		     gfp_t flags);
 static void rpcrdma_regbuf_dma_unmap(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb);
 static void rpcrdma_regbuf_free(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb);
-static void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp);
 
 /* Wait for outstanding transport work to finish. ib_drain_qp
  * handles the drains in the wrong order for us, so open code
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ rpcrdma_wc_receive(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 				   rdmab_addr(rep->rr_rdmabuf),
 				   wc->byte_len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
-	rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, false);
 	rpcrdma_reply_handler(rep);
 	return;
 
@@ -1477,8 +1475,13 @@ rpcrdma_ep_post(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void
-rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp)
+/**
+ * rpcrdma_post_recvs - Refill the Receive Queue
+ * @r_xprt: controlling transport instance
+ * @temp: mark Receive buffers to be deleted after use
+ *
+ */
+void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp)
 {
 	struct rpcrdma_buffer *buf = &r_xprt->rx_buf;
 	struct rpcrdma_ep *ep = &r_xprt->rx_ep;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index b170cf52c638..2f89cfccdb48 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ void rpcrdma_ep_disconnect(struct rpcrdma_ep *, struct rpcrdma_ia *);
 
 int rpcrdma_ep_post(struct rpcrdma_ia *, struct rpcrdma_ep *,
 				struct rpcrdma_req *);
+void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp);
 
 /*
  * Buffer calls - xprtrdma/verbs.c