diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
index cb6c52cb1c4c1aa47a085e2d71bdf1b61cf2dfa7..fa684b7fc748092346810b45fa6056242c78e094 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_send.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rds_message *rm,
 			flow_controlled++;
 		}
 		if (work_alloc == 0) {
-			rds_ib_ring_unalloc(&ic->i_send_ring, work_alloc);
+			set_bit(RDS_LL_SEND_FULL, &conn->c_flags);
 			rds_ib_stats_inc(s_ib_tx_throttle);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/net/rds/iw_send.c b/net/rds/iw_send.c
index 22dd38ffd6080843afd8ddc3987ff2a4490369eb..626290bc7e97aa729fd4f7d77eb439248436fe37 100644
--- a/net/rds/iw_send.c
+++ b/net/rds/iw_send.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ int rds_iw_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rds_message *rm,
 			flow_controlled++;
 		}
 		if (work_alloc == 0) {
-			rds_iw_ring_unalloc(&ic->i_send_ring, work_alloc);
+			set_bit(RDS_LL_SEND_FULL, &conn->c_flags);
 			rds_iw_stats_inc(s_iw_tx_throttle);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;