diff --git a/net/rds/ib_recv.c b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
index f25c4837d2f6cd85b14bdb09fa4ba84efc237ea6..a2f5f6faf35c846f13159bf76485944f46752a90 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static struct rds_page_frag *rds_ib_refill_one_frag(struct rds_ib_connection *ic
 		if (!frag)
 			return NULL;
 
+		sg_init_table(&frag->f_sg, 1);
 		ret = rds_page_remainder_alloc(&frag->f_sg,
 					       RDS_FRAG_SIZE, page_mask);
 		if (ret) {