diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index dc4a826192b6418e70372ffd3b22ae523e205c3d..ac65b0cb66b22cd58122ac21946de904595d6bee 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 
 	/* from here on, the reply is no longer an orphan */
 	req->rl_reply = rep;
+	xprt->reestablish_timeout = 0;
 
 	/* check for expected message types */
 	/* The order of some of these tests is important. */