diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 6bfef31f6b1e8c536e81d1d830ccd452b8420412..a1bc41d04620d900e57e5166fb7ac821437cd914 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ static void send_mpa_req(struct c4iw_ep *ep, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	start_ep_timer(ep);
 	state_set(&ep->com, MPA_REQ_SENT);
 	ep->mpa_attr.initiator = 1;
+	ep->snd_seq += mpalen;
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ static int send_mpa_reject(struct c4iw_ep *ep, const void *pdata, u8 plen)
 	t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, arp_failure_discard);
 	BUG_ON(ep->mpa_skb);
 	ep->mpa_skb = skb;
+	ep->snd_seq += mpalen;
 	return c4iw_l2t_send(&ep->com.dev->rdev, skb, ep->l2t);
 }
 
@@ -925,6 +927,7 @@ static int send_mpa_reply(struct c4iw_ep *ep, const void *pdata, u8 plen)
 	t4_set_arp_err_handler(skb, NULL, arp_failure_discard);
 	ep->mpa_skb = skb;
 	state_set(&ep->com, MPA_REP_SENT);
+	ep->snd_seq += mpalen;
 	return c4iw_l2t_send(&ep->com.dev->rdev, skb, ep->l2t);
 }