diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index 7f9b628228071e735ce9fba03d3fe4ce59655578..7db063f8dd8a2664233f298ed72857275c6e7362 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ xprt_rdma_send_request(struct rpc_task *task)
 		goto drop_connection;
 	req->rl_connect_cookie = xprt->connect_cookie;
 
-	set_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_PENDING, &req->rl_flags);
+	__set_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_PENDING, &req->rl_flags);
 	if (rpcrdma_ep_post(&r_xprt->rx_ia, &r_xprt->rx_ep, req))
 		goto drop_connection;