diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index d2680b87d162..02a112c7cb6a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 		newxprt->sc_dev_caps |= SVCRDMA_DEVCAP_READ_W_INV;
 
 	/* Post receive buffers */
-	for (i = 0; i < newxprt->sc_rq_depth; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < newxprt->sc_max_requests; i++) {
 		ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(newxprt, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (ret) {
 			dprintk("svcrdma: failure posting receive buffers\n");