diff --git a/include/trace/events/rpcrdma.h b/include/trace/events/rpcrdma.h
index f8edab91e09c..213c72585a5f 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rpcrdma.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rpcrdma.h
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ DEFINE_WRCH_EVENT(write);
 DEFINE_WRCH_EVENT(reply);
 
 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_noch);
+TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_noch_pullup);
+TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_noch_mapped);
 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_readch);
 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_areadch);
 TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_writech);
@@ -540,6 +542,8 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(rpcrdma_replych);
 #define xprtrdma_show_chunktype(x)					\
 		__print_symbolic(x,					\
 				{ rpcrdma_noch, "inline" },		\
+				{ rpcrdma_noch_pullup, "pullup" },	\
+				{ rpcrdma_noch_mapped, "mapped" },	\
 				{ rpcrdma_readch, "read list" },	\
 				{ rpcrdma_areadch, "*read list" },	\
 				{ rpcrdma_writech, "write list" },	\
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
index 50e075fcdd8f..11685245546a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/backchannel.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int rpcrdma_bc_marshal_reply(struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
 	*p = xdr_zero;
 
 	if (rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges(r_xprt, req, RPCRDMA_HDRLEN_MIN,
-				      &rqst->rq_snd_buf, rpcrdma_noch))
+				      &rqst->rq_snd_buf, rpcrdma_noch_pullup))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	trace_xprtrdma_cb_reply(rqst);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index a441dbf9f198..4ad88893e964 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int rpcrdma_encode_read_list(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	unsigned int pos;
 	int nsegs;
 
-	if (rtype == rpcrdma_noch)
+	if (rtype == rpcrdma_noch_pullup || rtype == rpcrdma_noch_mapped)
 		goto done;
 
 	pos = rqst->rq_snd_buf.head[0].iov_len;
@@ -691,6 +691,72 @@ static bool rpcrdma_prepare_tail_iov(struct rpcrdma_req *req,
 	return false;
 }
 
+/* Copy the tail to the end of the head buffer.
+ */
+static void rpcrdma_pullup_tail_iov(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
+				    struct rpcrdma_req *req,
+				    struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+{
+	unsigned char *dst;
+
+	dst = (unsigned char *)xdr->head[0].iov_base;
+	dst += xdr->head[0].iov_len + xdr->page_len;
+	memmove(dst, xdr->tail[0].iov_base, xdr->tail[0].iov_len);
+	r_xprt->rx_stats.pullup_copy_count += xdr->tail[0].iov_len;
+}
+
+/* Copy pagelist content into the head buffer.
+ */
+static void rpcrdma_pullup_pagelist(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
+				    struct rpcrdma_req *req,
+				    struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+{
+	unsigned int len, page_base, remaining;
+	struct page **ppages;
+	unsigned char *src, *dst;
+
+	dst = (unsigned char *)xdr->head[0].iov_base;
+	dst += xdr->head[0].iov_len;
+	ppages = xdr->pages + (xdr->page_base >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	page_base = offset_in_page(xdr->page_base);
+	remaining = xdr->page_len;
+	while (remaining) {
+		src = page_address(*ppages);
+		src += page_base;
+		len = min_t(unsigned int, PAGE_SIZE - page_base, remaining);
+		memcpy(dst, src, len);
+		r_xprt->rx_stats.pullup_copy_count += len;
+
+		ppages++;
+		dst += len;
+		remaining -= len;
+		page_base = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Copy the contents of @xdr into @rl_sendbuf and DMA sync it.
+ * When the head, pagelist, and tail are small, a pull-up copy
+ * is considerably less costly than DMA mapping the components
+ * of @xdr.
+ *
+ * Assumptions:
+ *  - the caller has already verified that the total length
+ *    of the RPC Call body will fit into @rl_sendbuf.
+ */
+static bool rpcrdma_prepare_noch_pullup(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
+					struct rpcrdma_req *req,
+					struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+{
+	if (unlikely(xdr->tail[0].iov_len))
+		rpcrdma_pullup_tail_iov(r_xprt, req, xdr);
+
+	if (unlikely(xdr->page_len))
+		rpcrdma_pullup_pagelist(r_xprt, req, xdr);
+
+	/* The whole RPC message resides in the head iovec now */
+	return rpcrdma_prepare_head_iov(r_xprt, req, xdr->len);
+}
+
 static bool rpcrdma_prepare_noch_mapped(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 					struct rpcrdma_req *req,
 					struct xdr_buf *xdr)
@@ -779,7 +845,11 @@ inline int rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 		goto out_unmap;
 
 	switch (rtype) {
-	case rpcrdma_noch:
+	case rpcrdma_noch_pullup:
+		if (!rpcrdma_prepare_noch_pullup(r_xprt, req, xdr))
+			goto out_unmap;
+		break;
+	case rpcrdma_noch_mapped:
 		if (!rpcrdma_prepare_noch_mapped(r_xprt, req, xdr))
 			goto out_unmap;
 		break;
@@ -827,6 +897,7 @@ rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
 	struct rpcrdma_req *req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rqst);
 	struct xdr_stream *xdr = &req->rl_stream;
 	enum rpcrdma_chunktype rtype, wtype;
+	struct xdr_buf *buf = &rqst->rq_snd_buf;
 	bool ddp_allowed;
 	__be32 *p;
 	int ret;
@@ -884,8 +955,9 @@ rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
 	 */
 	if (rpcrdma_args_inline(r_xprt, rqst)) {
 		*p++ = rdma_msg;
-		rtype = rpcrdma_noch;
-	} else if (ddp_allowed && rqst->rq_snd_buf.flags & XDRBUF_WRITE) {
+		rtype = buf->len < rdmab_length(req->rl_sendbuf) ?
+			rpcrdma_noch_pullup : rpcrdma_noch_mapped;
+	} else if (ddp_allowed && buf->flags & XDRBUF_WRITE) {
 		*p++ = rdma_msg;
 		rtype = rpcrdma_readch;
 	} else {
@@ -927,7 +999,7 @@ rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
 		goto out_err;
 
 	ret = rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges(r_xprt, req, req->rl_hdrbuf.len,
-					&rqst->rq_snd_buf, rtype);
+					buf, rtype);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_err;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 2f4658255343..a514e2c89ac3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ int rpcrdma_buffer_create(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt)
 	for (i = 0; i < buf->rb_max_requests; i++) {
 		struct rpcrdma_req *req;
 
-		req = rpcrdma_req_create(r_xprt, RPCRDMA_V1_DEF_INLINE_SIZE,
+		req = rpcrdma_req_create(r_xprt, RPCRDMA_V1_DEF_INLINE_SIZE * 2,
 					 GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!req)
 			goto out;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index cdd6a3d43e0f..5d15140a0266 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ void frwr_unmap_async(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpcrdma_req *req);
 
 enum rpcrdma_chunktype {
 	rpcrdma_noch = 0,
+	rpcrdma_noch_pullup,
+	rpcrdma_noch_mapped,
 	rpcrdma_readch,
 	rpcrdma_areadch,
 	rpcrdma_writech,