diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h b/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
index 90d7079e0aa99327ced07c61d4c8e315fbe26f8d..19975d2ca9a20367d900f14ab8b776953e3d5ba1 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ enum rxrpc_call_flag {
 	RXRPC_CALL_SEND_PING,		/* A ping will need to be sent */
 	RXRPC_CALL_PINGING,		/* Ping in process */
 	RXRPC_CALL_RETRANS_TIMEOUT,	/* Retransmission due to timeout occurred */
+	RXRPC_CALL_BEGAN_RX_TIMER,	/* We began the expect_rx_by timer */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
index 0410d2277ca28bcf0259df897581b947f707fac1..b5fd6381313d06b1b02ad6e6f6ca5c0dcc74b10d 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static void rxrpc_input_call_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call,
 	if (timo) {
 		unsigned long now = jiffies, expect_rx_by;
 
-		expect_rx_by = jiffies + timo;
+		expect_rx_by = now + timo;
 		WRITE_ONCE(call->expect_rx_by, expect_rx_by);
 		rxrpc_reduce_call_timer(call, expect_rx_by, now,
 					rxrpc_timer_set_for_normal);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/output.c b/net/rxrpc/output.c
index 7f1fc04775b34e5abd8e24a450ae386e74bf194a..6b9d27f0d7ecd288b0ed4bd16fd4b15987b386b4 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/output.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/output.c
@@ -414,6 +414,17 @@ int rxrpc_send_data_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 							rxrpc_timer_set_for_lost_ack);
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (sp->hdr.seq == 1 &&
+		    !test_and_set_bit(RXRPC_CALL_BEGAN_RX_TIMER,
+				      &call->flags)) {
+			unsigned long nowj = jiffies, expect_rx_by;
+
+			expect_rx_by = nowj + call->next_rx_timo;
+			WRITE_ONCE(call->expect_rx_by, expect_rx_by);
+			rxrpc_reduce_call_timer(call, expect_rx_by, nowj,
+						rxrpc_timer_set_for_normal);
+		}
 	}
 
 	rxrpc_set_keepalive(call);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
index 206e802ccbdc1a588ad26e13ff5f7e66afa6c4bb..be01f9c5d963ddfc766fac811ace9a381b89a7f7 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
@@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ static void rxrpc_queue_packet(struct rxrpc_sock *rx, struct rxrpc_call *call,
 
 	ret = rxrpc_send_data_packet(call, skb, false);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		switch (ret) {
+		case -ENETUNREACH:
+		case -EHOSTUNREACH:
+		case -ECONNREFUSED:
+			rxrpc_set_call_completion(call,
+						  RXRPC_CALL_LOCAL_ERROR,
+						  0, ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		_debug("need instant resend %d", ret);
 		rxrpc_instant_resend(call, ix);
 	} else {
@@ -241,6 +250,7 @@ static void rxrpc_queue_packet(struct rxrpc_sock *rx, struct rxrpc_call *call,
 					rxrpc_timer_set_for_send);
 	}
 
+out:
 	rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_tx_freed);
 	_leave("");
 }