diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 1aab305fbbb6..8235ca2159d1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -531,6 +531,99 @@ void svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				      DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 }
 
+/* If the xdr_buf has more elements than the device can
+ * transmit in a single RDMA Send, then the reply will
+ * have to be copied into a bounce buffer.
+ */
+static bool svc_rdma_pull_up_needed(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
+				    struct xdr_buf *xdr,
+				    __be32 *wr_lst)
+{
+	int elements;
+
+	/* xdr->head */
+	elements = 1;
+
+	/* xdr->pages */
+	if (!wr_lst) {
+		unsigned int remaining;
+		unsigned long pageoff;
+
+		pageoff = xdr->page_base & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		remaining = xdr->page_len;
+		while (remaining) {
+			++elements;
+			remaining -= min_t(u32, PAGE_SIZE - pageoff,
+					   remaining);
+			pageoff = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* xdr->tail */
+	if (xdr->tail[0].iov_len)
+		++elements;
+
+	/* assume 1 SGE is needed for the transport header */
+	return elements >= rdma->sc_max_send_sges;
+}
+
+/* The device is not capable of sending the reply directly.
+ * Assemble the elements of @xdr into the transport header
+ * buffer.
+ */
+static int svc_rdma_pull_up_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
+				      struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *ctxt,
+				      struct xdr_buf *xdr, __be32 *wr_lst)
+{
+	unsigned char *dst, *tailbase;
+	unsigned int taillen;
+
+	dst = ctxt->sc_xprt_buf;
+	dst += ctxt->sc_sges[0].length;
+
+	memcpy(dst, xdr->head[0].iov_base, xdr->head[0].iov_len);
+	dst += xdr->head[0].iov_len;
+
+	tailbase = xdr->tail[0].iov_base;
+	taillen = xdr->tail[0].iov_len;
+	if (wr_lst) {
+		u32 xdrpad;
+
+		xdrpad = xdr_padsize(xdr->page_len);
+		if (taillen && xdrpad) {
+			tailbase += xdrpad;
+			taillen -= xdrpad;
+		}
+	} else {
+		unsigned int len, remaining;
+		unsigned long pageoff;
+		struct page **ppages;
+
+		ppages = xdr->pages + (xdr->page_base >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		pageoff = xdr->page_base & ~PAGE_MASK;
+		remaining = xdr->page_len;
+		while (remaining) {
+			len = min_t(u32, PAGE_SIZE - pageoff, remaining);
+
+			memcpy(dst, page_address(*ppages), len);
+			remaining -= len;
+			dst += len;
+			pageoff = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (taillen)
+		memcpy(dst, tailbase, taillen);
+
+	ctxt->sc_sges[0].length += xdr->len;
+	ib_dma_sync_single_for_device(rdma->sc_pd->device,
+				      ctxt->sc_sges[0].addr,
+				      ctxt->sc_sges[0].length,
+				      DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* svc_rdma_map_reply_msg - Map the buffer holding RPC message
  * @rdma: controlling transport
  * @ctxt: send_ctxt for the Send WR
@@ -553,8 +646,10 @@ int svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 	u32 xdr_pad;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no >= rdma->sc_max_send_sges)
-		return -EIO;
+	if (svc_rdma_pull_up_needed(rdma, xdr, wr_lst))
+		return svc_rdma_pull_up_reply_msg(rdma, ctxt, xdr, wr_lst);
+
+	++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no;
 	ret = svc_rdma_dma_map_buf(rdma, ctxt,
 				   xdr->head[0].iov_base,
 				   xdr->head[0].iov_len);
@@ -585,8 +680,7 @@ int svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 	while (remaining) {
 		len = min_t(u32, PAGE_SIZE - page_off, remaining);
 
-		if (++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no >= rdma->sc_max_send_sges)
-			return -EIO;
+		++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no;
 		ret = svc_rdma_dma_map_page(rdma, ctxt, *ppages++,
 					    page_off, len);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -600,8 +694,7 @@ int svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 	len = xdr->tail[0].iov_len;
 tail:
 	if (len) {
-		if (++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no >= rdma->sc_max_send_sges)
-			return -EIO;
+		++ctxt->sc_cur_sge_no;
 		ret = svc_rdma_dma_map_buf(rdma, ctxt, base, len);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 6f9f4654338c..027a3b07d329 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -419,12 +419,9 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	/* Transport header, head iovec, tail iovec */
 	newxprt->sc_max_send_sges = 3;
 	/* Add one SGE per page list entry */
-	newxprt->sc_max_send_sges += svcrdma_max_req_size / PAGE_SIZE;
-	if (newxprt->sc_max_send_sges > dev->attrs.max_send_sge) {
-		pr_err("svcrdma: too few Send SGEs available (%d needed)\n",
-		       newxprt->sc_max_send_sges);
-		goto errout;
-	}
+	newxprt->sc_max_send_sges += (svcrdma_max_req_size / PAGE_SIZE) + 1;
+	if (newxprt->sc_max_send_sges > dev->attrs.max_send_sge)
+		newxprt->sc_max_send_sges = dev->attrs.max_send_sge;
 	newxprt->sc_max_req_size = svcrdma_max_req_size;
 	newxprt->sc_max_requests = svcrdma_max_requests;
 	newxprt->sc_max_bc_requests = svcrdma_max_bc_requests;
