diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index e68b20cba70b344d7b33512a6d9c868fb3d2ff28..4a4155640d516252fba99c5728bb794e005218cf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -1638,8 +1638,7 @@ static int srpt_create_ch_ib(struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch)
 	 */
 	qp_init->cap.max_send_wr = srp_sq_size / 2;
 	qp_init->cap.max_rdma_ctxs = srp_sq_size / 2;
-	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = max(sdev->device->attrs.max_sge_rd,
-					sdev->device->attrs.max_sge);
+	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE;
 	qp_init->port_num = ch->sport->port;
 
 	ch->qp = ib_create_qp(sdev->pd, qp_init);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
index fee6bfd7ca218f138e38f58318bbc56f12402f5b..389030487da7eecb521342e8a83859b39b3523a6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ enum {
 	SRP_LOGIN_RSP_MULTICHAN_MAINTAINED = 0x2,
 
 	SRPT_DEF_SG_TABLESIZE = 128,
+	SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE = 16,
 
 	MIN_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 16,
 	DEF_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 4096,