diff --git a/net/rds/ib.h b/net/rds/ib.h
index 45ac8e8e58f412267e134bb5ae1fab2b59809c09..f4e81214e70aeadc641a7f94ecb826f915fce5d6 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.h
+++ b/net/rds/ib.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define RDS_IB_DEFAULT_SEND_WR		256
 #define RDS_IB_DEFAULT_FR_WR		512
 
-#define RDS_IB_DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT	2
+#define RDS_IB_DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT	1
 
 #define RDS_IB_SUPPORTED_PROTOCOLS	0x00000003	/* minor versions supported */