diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/rc.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/rc.c
index 8caad18ba57e98634cbbaa1275f6222ba910646e..1ce0e08378b4fcd3b5df9cfd053ad2b75a762da2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/rc.c
@@ -358,11 +358,11 @@ static int make_rc_ack(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev, struct rvt_qp *qp,
 	}
 	qp->s_rdma_ack_cnt++;
 	qp->s_hdrwords = hwords;
-	/* pbc */
-	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = hwords + 2;
 	ps->s_txreq->sde = priv->s_sde;
 	qp->s_cur_size = len;
 	hfi1_make_ruc_header(qp, ohdr, bth0, bth2, middle, ps);
+	/* pbc */
+	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = qp->s_hdrwords + 2;
 	return 1;
 
 bail:
@@ -763,8 +763,6 @@ int hfi1_make_rc_req(struct rvt_qp *qp, struct hfi1_pkt_state *ps)
 	}
 	qp->s_len -= len;
 	qp->s_hdrwords = hwords;
-	/* pbc */
-	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = hwords + 2;
 	ps->s_txreq->sde = priv->s_sde;
 	qp->s_cur_sge = ss;
 	qp->s_cur_size = len;
@@ -775,6 +773,8 @@ int hfi1_make_rc_req(struct rvt_qp *qp, struct hfi1_pkt_state *ps)
 		bth2,
 		middle,
 		ps);
+	/* pbc */
+	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = qp->s_hdrwords + 2;
 	return 1;
 
 done_free_tx:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/uc.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/uc.c
index 5ba29affa43f52e0b72f93b0ad9ec361caa337d0..df773d4332970bd2ed2e9567d59fcf55c397f0cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/uc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/uc.c
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ int hfi1_make_uc_req(struct rvt_qp *qp, struct hfi1_pkt_state *ps)
 	}
 	qp->s_len -= len;
 	qp->s_hdrwords = hwords;
-	/* pbc */
-	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = qp->s_hdrwords + 2;
 	ps->s_txreq->sde = priv->s_sde;
 	qp->s_cur_sge = &qp->s_sge;
 	qp->s_cur_size = len;
 	hfi1_make_ruc_header(qp, ohdr, bth0 | (qp->s_state << 24),
 			     mask_psn(qp->s_psn++), middle, ps);
+	/* pbc */
+	ps->s_txreq->hdr_dwords = qp->s_hdrwords + 2;
 	return 1;
 
 done_free_tx: