diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
index 946edf2db646..a249837d6a55 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
- * Support for backward direction RPCs on RPC/RDMA.
+ * Support for reverse-direction RPCs on RPC/RDMA.
  */
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xprt.h>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static struct rpc_rqst *rpcrdma_bc_rqst_get(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt)
 }
 
 /**
- * rpcrdma_bc_receive_call - Handle a backward direction call
+ * rpcrdma_bc_receive_call - Handle a reverse-direction Call
  * @r_xprt: transport receiving the call
  * @rep: receive buffer containing the call
  *
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index b2482d9328d1..283e9bfcab44 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -1151,14 +1151,10 @@ rpcrdma_is_bcall(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 	 */
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 3 * sizeof(*p));
 	if (unlikely(!p))
-		goto out_short;
+		return true;
 
 	rpcrdma_bc_receive_call(r_xprt, rep);
 	return true;
-
-out_short:
-	pr_warn("RPC/RDMA short backward direction call\n");
-	return true;
 }
 #else	/* CONFIG_SUNRPC_BACKCHANNEL */
 {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_backchannel.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_backchannel.c
index 63f8be974df2..4a1edbb4028e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_backchannel.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_backchannel.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2018 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
  *
- * Support for backward direction RPCs on RPC/RDMA (server-side).
+ * Support for reverse-direction RPCs on RPC/RDMA (server-side).
  */
 
 #include <linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void svc_rdma_handle_bc_reply(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->queue_lock);
 }
 
-/* Send a backwards direction RPC call.
+/* Send a reverse-direction RPC Call.
  *
  * Caller holds the connection's mutex and has already marshaled
  * the RPC/RDMA request.
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index ed1c5444fb9d..fe3be985e239 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ struct rpcrdma_ep {
 	atomic_t		re_completion_ids;
 };
 
-/* Pre-allocate extra Work Requests for handling backward receives
- * and sends. This is a fixed value because the Work Queues are
- * allocated when the forward channel is set up, long before the
+/* Pre-allocate extra Work Requests for handling reverse-direction
+ * Receives and Sends. This is a fixed value because the Work Queues
+ * are allocated when the forward channel is set up, long before the
  * backchannel is provisioned. This value is two times
  * NFS4_DEF_CB_SLOT_TABLE_SIZE.
  */