diff --git a/net/rds/cong.c b/net/rds/cong.c
index 6d06cac2649cd6bc62cdbb71975612c338185e08..dd2711df640b5e391b91565a79d53babfa3210c2 100644
--- a/net/rds/cong.c
+++ b/net/rds/cong.c
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ void rds_cong_queue_updates(struct rds_cong_map *map)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_cong_lock, flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(conn, &map->m_conn_list, c_map_item) {
-		if (conn->c_loopback)
-			continue;
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &conn->c_map_queued)) {
 			rds_stats_inc(s_cong_update_queued);
 			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_send_w, 0);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
index f380c3f01256db5f52b12d06198704e376474c1f..c18228aec7798d6eb2ae202cfad36c76071f47c2 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_send.c
@@ -482,6 +482,13 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rds_message *rm,
 	BUG_ON(off % RDS_FRAG_SIZE);
 	BUG_ON(hdr_off != 0 && hdr_off != sizeof(struct rds_header));
 
+	/* Do not send cong updates to IB loopback */
+	if (conn->c_loopback
+	    && rm->m_inc.i_hdr.h_flags & RDS_FLAG_CONG_BITMAP) {
+		rds_cong_map_updated(conn->c_fcong, ~(u64) 0);
+		return sizeof(struct rds_header) + RDS_CONG_MAP_BYTES;
+	}
+
 	/* FIXME we may overallocate here */
 	if (be32_to_cpu(rm->m_inc.i_hdr.h_len) == 0)
 		i = 1;
diff --git a/net/rds/loop.c b/net/rds/loop.c
index 4a61997f554db1108c69cd619662526d80079f0a..93a45f1ce61fbc5c9c38f7ede19c4ee177397d48 100644
--- a/net/rds/loop.c
+++ b/net/rds/loop.c
@@ -80,16 +80,9 @@ static int rds_loop_xmit_cong_map(struct rds_connection *conn,
 				  struct rds_cong_map *map,
 				  unsigned long offset)
 {
-	unsigned long i;
-
 	BUG_ON(offset);
 	BUG_ON(map != conn->c_lcong);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < RDS_CONG_MAP_PAGES; i++) {
-		memcpy((void *)conn->c_fcong->m_page_addrs[i],
-		       (void *)map->m_page_addrs[i], PAGE_SIZE);
-	}
-
 	rds_cong_map_updated(conn->c_fcong, ~(u64) 0);
 
 	return sizeof(struct rds_header) + RDS_CONG_MAP_BYTES;