diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 374feb44afea..4e618808bc98 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct svc_xprt_class svc_rdma_class = {
 	.xcl_name = "rdma",
 	.xcl_owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.xcl_ops = &svc_rdma_ops,
-	.xcl_max_payload = RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_TCP,
+	.xcl_max_payload = RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA,
 	.xcl_ident = XPRT_TRANSPORT_RDMA,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index c419498b8f46..ac7fc9a31342 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h> 		/* rpc_xprt */
 #include <linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h> 	/* RPC/RDMA protocol */
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xprtrdma.h> 	/* xprt parameters */
+#include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>		/* RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD */
 
 #define RDMA_RESOLVE_TIMEOUT	(5000)	/* 5 seconds */
 #define RDMA_CONNECT_RETRY_MAX	(2)	/* retries if no listener backlog */
@@ -392,4 +393,10 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *svc_rdma_ctxt_cachep;
 /* Workqueue created in svc_rdma.c */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *svc_rdma_wq;
 
+#if RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD < (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD
+#else
+#define RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#endif
+
 #endif				/* _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_H */