diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index 551c518163529d4ae5ae46a5aa3136c0caf48aa5..25ecf92cae9638e30745cce7876ddaec5f6eb2b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ struct svcxprt_rdma {
 	atomic_t             sc_sq_avail;	/* SQEs ready to be consumed */
 	unsigned int	     sc_sq_depth;	/* Depth of SQ */
 	unsigned int	     sc_rq_depth;	/* Depth of RQ */
-	u32		     sc_max_requests;	/* Forward credits */
+	__be32		     sc_fc_credits;	/* Forward credits */
+	u32		     sc_max_requests;	/* Max requests */
 	u32		     sc_max_bc_requests;/* Backward credits */
 	int                  sc_max_req_size;	/* Size of each RQ WR buf */
 
@@ -214,10 +215,6 @@ extern void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(struct rpcrdma_msg *, int);
 extern void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_array(struct rpcrdma_write_array *, int);
 extern void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_array_chunk(struct rpcrdma_write_array *, int,
 					    __be32, __be64, u32);
-extern void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_header(struct svcxprt_rdma *,
-					     struct rpcrdma_msg *,
-					     struct rpcrdma_msg *,
-					     enum rpcrdma_proc);
 extern unsigned int svc_rdma_xdr_get_reply_hdr_len(__be32 *rdma_resp);
 
 /* svc_rdma_recvfrom.c */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_marshal.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_marshal.c
index 4e7203439e2fde2158f04f2eb709af29d800bba4..c7d15b1126ce5a462f4cac8c2c5901339b7d754d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_marshal.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_marshal.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int svc_rdma_xdr_encode_error(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt,
 
 	*va++ = rmsgp->rm_xid;
 	*va++ = rmsgp->rm_vers;
-	*va++ = cpu_to_be32(xprt->sc_max_requests);
+	*va++ = xprt->sc_fc_credits;
 	*va++ = rdma_error;
 	*va++ = cpu_to_be32(err);
 	if (err == ERR_VERS) {
@@ -329,19 +329,3 @@ void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_array_chunk(struct rpcrdma_write_array *ary,
 	seg->rs_offset = rs_offset;
 	seg->rs_length = cpu_to_be32(write_len);
 }
-
-void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_header(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt,
-				  struct rpcrdma_msg *rdma_argp,
-				  struct rpcrdma_msg *rdma_resp,
-				  enum rpcrdma_proc rdma_type)
-{
-	rdma_resp->rm_xid = rdma_argp->rm_xid;
-	rdma_resp->rm_vers = rdma_argp->rm_vers;
-	rdma_resp->rm_credit = cpu_to_be32(xprt->sc_max_requests);
-	rdma_resp->rm_type = cpu_to_be32(rdma_type);
-
-	/* Encode <nul> chunks lists */
-	rdma_resp->rm_body.rm_chunks[0] = xdr_zero;
-	rdma_resp->rm_body.rm_chunks[1] = xdr_zero;
-	rdma_resp->rm_body.rm_chunks[2] = xdr_zero;
-}
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index ba76f1617965d449250b21c7767573950ee7bd16..515221b16d0956ea027e91985c89606c403d5109 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -560,12 +560,12 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	struct rpcrdma_msg *rdma_argp;
 	struct rpcrdma_msg *rdma_resp;
 	struct rpcrdma_write_array *wr_ary, *rp_ary;
-	enum rpcrdma_proc reply_type;
 	int ret;
 	int inline_bytes;
 	struct page *res_page;
 	struct svc_rdma_req_map *vec;
 	u32 inv_rkey;
+	__be32 *p;
 
 	dprintk("svcrdma: sending response for rqstp=%p\n", rqstp);
 
@@ -597,12 +597,17 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (!res_page)
 		goto err0;
 	rdma_resp = page_address(res_page);
-	if (rp_ary)
-		reply_type = RDMA_NOMSG;
-	else
-		reply_type = RDMA_MSG;
-	svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_header(rdma, rdma_argp,
-					 rdma_resp, reply_type);
+
+	p = &rdma_resp->rm_xid;
+	*p++ = rdma_argp->rm_xid;
+	*p++ = rdma_argp->rm_vers;
+	*p++ = rdma->sc_fc_credits;
+	*p++ = rp_ary ? rdma_nomsg : rdma_msg;
+
+	/* Start with empty chunks */
+	*p++ = xdr_zero;
+	*p++ = xdr_zero;
+	*p   = xdr_zero;
 
 	/* Send any write-chunk data and build resp write-list */
 	if (wr_ary) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index ca2799af05a6846980e2dfa2bd7c58c655a6f069..174928fe5f833fa884bef6ca7c9a5924691e030b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	newxprt->sc_max_req_size = svcrdma_max_req_size;
 	newxprt->sc_max_requests = min_t(u32, dev->attrs.max_qp_wr,
 					 svcrdma_max_requests);
+	newxprt->sc_fc_credits = cpu_to_be32(newxprt->sc_max_requests);
 	newxprt->sc_max_bc_requests = min_t(u32, dev->attrs.max_qp_wr,
 					    svcrdma_max_bc_requests);
 	newxprt->sc_rq_depth = newxprt->sc_max_requests +