diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 3d37216609e4..88825edc7dce 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ static int post_one_recv(struct rxe_rq *rq, const struct ib_recv_wr *ibwr)
 
 	recv_wqe = queue_producer_addr(rq->queue, QUEUE_TYPE_TO_DRIVER);
 	recv_wqe->wr_id = ibwr->wr_id;
-	recv_wqe->num_sge = num_sge;
 
 	memcpy(recv_wqe->dma.sge, ibwr->sg_list,
 	       num_sge * sizeof(struct ib_sge));
@@ -526,7 +525,6 @@ static void init_send_wr(struct rxe_qp *qp, struct rxe_send_wr *wr,
 			 const struct ib_send_wr *ibwr)
 {
 	wr->wr_id = ibwr->wr_id;
-	wr->num_sge = ibwr->num_sge;
 	wr->opcode = ibwr->opcode;
 	wr->send_flags = ibwr->send_flags;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h
index f09c5c9e3dd5..73f679dfd2df 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct rxe_av {
 
 struct rxe_send_wr {
 	__aligned_u64		wr_id;
-	__u32			num_sge;
+	__u32			reserved;
 	__u32			opcode;
 	__u32			send_flags;
 	union {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct rxe_send_wqe {
 
 struct rxe_recv_wqe {
 	__aligned_u64		wr_id;
-	__u32			num_sge;
+	__u32			reserved;
 	__u32			padding;
 	struct rxe_dma_info	dma;
 };