diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index ac65b0cb66b2..77b84cfa5c77 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 	struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rpcx_to_rdmax(xprt);
 	__be32 *iptr;
 	int rdmalen, status;
+	unsigned long cwnd;
 
 	/* Check status. If bad, signal disconnect and return rep to pool */
 	if (rep->rr_len == ~0U) {
@@ -845,6 +846,11 @@ rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	cwnd = xprt->cwnd;
+	xprt->cwnd = atomic_read(&r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_credits) << RPC_CWNDSHIFT;
+	if (xprt->cwnd > cwnd)
+		xprt_release_rqst_cong(rqst->rq_task);
+
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: xprt_complete_rqst(0x%p, 0x%p, %d)\n",
 			__func__, xprt, rqst, status);
 	xprt_complete_rqst(rqst->rq_task, status);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index 6b84d7d59e18..187894b4c33f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -448,23 +448,6 @@ xprt_rdma_connect(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
 	}
 }
 
-static int
-xprt_rdma_reserve_xprt(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
-{
-	struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rpcx_to_rdmax(xprt);
-	int credits = atomic_read(&r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_credits);
-
-	/* == RPC_CWNDSCALE @ init, but *after* setup */
-	if (r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_cwndscale == 0UL) {
-		r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_cwndscale = xprt->cwnd;
-		dprintk("RPC:       %s: cwndscale %lu\n", __func__,
-			r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_cwndscale);
-		BUG_ON(r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_cwndscale <= 0);
-	}
-	xprt->cwnd = credits * r_xprt->rx_buf.rb_cwndscale;
-	return xprt_reserve_xprt_cong(xprt, task);
-}
-
 /*
  * The RDMA allocate/free functions need the task structure as a place
  * to hide the struct rpcrdma_req, which is necessary for the actual send/recv
@@ -686,7 +669,7 @@ static void xprt_rdma_print_stats(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct seq_file *seq)
  */
 
 static struct rpc_xprt_ops xprt_rdma_procs = {
-	.reserve_xprt		= xprt_rdma_reserve_xprt,
+	.reserve_xprt		= xprt_reserve_xprt_cong,
 	.release_xprt		= xprt_release_xprt_cong, /* sunrpc/xprt.c */
 	.alloc_slot		= xprt_alloc_slot,
 	.release_request	= xprt_release_rqst_cong,       /* ditto */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 0c3b88ea5edb..89e7cd479705 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ struct rpcrdma_req {
 struct rpcrdma_buffer {
 	spinlock_t	rb_lock;	/* protects indexes */
 	atomic_t	rb_credits;	/* most recent server credits */
-	unsigned long	rb_cwndscale;	/* cached framework rpc_cwndscale */
 	int		rb_max_requests;/* client max requests */
 	struct list_head rb_mws;	/* optional memory windows/fmrs/frmrs */
 	int		rb_send_index;