diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index a6b3b0762763..05ad6bee085c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int nvme_tcp_setup_h2c_data_pdu(struct nvme_tcp_request *req,
 		cpu_to_le32(data->hdr.hlen + hdgst + req->pdu_len + ddgst);
 	data->ttag = pdu->ttag;
 	data->command_id = nvme_cid(rq);
-	data->data_offset = cpu_to_le32(req->data_sent);
+	data->data_offset = pdu->r2t_offset;
 	data->data_length = cpu_to_le32(req->pdu_len);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -937,7 +937,15 @@ static int nvme_tcp_try_send_data(struct nvme_tcp_request *req)
 			nvme_tcp_ddgst_update(queue->snd_hash, page,
 					offset, ret);
 
-		/* fully successful last write*/
+		/*
+		 * update the request iterator except for the last payload send
+		 * in the request where we don't want to modify it as we may
+		 * compete with the RX path completing the request.
+		 */
+		if (req->data_sent + ret < req->data_len)
+			nvme_tcp_advance_req(req, ret);
+
+		/* fully successful last send in current PDU */
 		if (last && ret == len) {
 			if (queue->data_digest) {
 				nvme_tcp_ddgst_final(queue->snd_hash,
@@ -949,7 +957,6 @@ static int nvme_tcp_try_send_data(struct nvme_tcp_request *req)
 			}
 			return 1;
 		}
-		nvme_tcp_advance_req(req, ret);
 	}
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }