diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index d8bfa89161e24bae64b96f97baf7e6077b2c6daa..1677401660d00517e9d025f2004154b6966bf8bd 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -542,8 +542,10 @@ cifs_readv_from_socket(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct msghdr *smb_msg)
 
 		if (server_unresponsive(server))
 			return -ECONNABORTED;
-
-		length = sock_recvmsg(server->ssocket, smb_msg, 0);
+		if (cifs_rdma_enabled(server) && server->smbd_conn)
+			length = smbd_recv(server->smbd_conn, smb_msg);
+		else
+			length = sock_recvmsg(server->ssocket, smb_msg, 0);
 
 		if (server->tcpStatus == CifsExiting)
 			return -ESHUTDOWN;