diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index 07baeb5f93c1..c1c4563066d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ extern int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				     unsigned int offset,
 				     unsigned long length);
 extern int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
-				     __be32 *rp_ch, bool writelist,
+				     const struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt,
 				     struct xdr_buf *xdr);
 
 /* svc_rdma_sendto.c */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
index b0ac535c8728..ca9d414bef9d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
@@ -545,8 +545,7 @@ int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *wr_ch,
 /**
  * svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk - Write all segments in the Reply chunk
  * @rdma: controlling RDMA transport
- * @rp_ch: Reply chunk provided by client
- * @writelist: true if client provided a Write list
+ * @rctxt: chunk list information
  * @xdr: xdr_buf containing an RPC Reply
  *
  * Returns a non-negative number of bytes the chunk consumed, or
@@ -556,13 +555,14 @@ int svc_rdma_send_write_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *wr_ch,
  *	%-ENOTCONN if posting failed (connection is lost),
  *	%-EIO if rdma_rw initialization failed (DMA mapping, etc).
  */
-int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *rp_ch,
-			      bool writelist, struct xdr_buf *xdr)
+int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
+			      const struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt,
+			      struct xdr_buf *xdr)
 {
 	struct svc_rdma_write_info *info;
 	int consumed, ret;
 
-	info = svc_rdma_write_info_alloc(rdma, rp_ch);
+	info = svc_rdma_write_info_alloc(rdma, rctxt->rc_reply_chunk);
 	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ int svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma, __be32 *rp_ch,
 	/* Send the page list in the Reply chunk only if the
 	 * client did not provide Write chunks.
 	 */
-	if (!writelist && xdr->page_len) {
+	if (!rctxt->rc_write_list && xdr->page_len) {
 		ret = svc_rdma_send_xdr_pagelist(info, xdr,
 						 xdr->head[0].iov_len,
 						 xdr->page_len);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 273453a336b0..7349a3f9aa5d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -354,6 +354,14 @@ static unsigned int svc_rdma_reply_hdr_len(__be32 *rdma_resp)
 	return (unsigned long)p - (unsigned long)rdma_resp;
 }
 
+/* RPC-over-RDMA V1 replies never have a Read list.
+ */
+static __be32 *xdr_encode_read_list(__be32 *p)
+{
+	*p++ = xdr_zero;
+	return p;
+}
+
 /* One Write chunk is copied from Call transport header to Reply
  * transport header. Each segment's length field is updated to
  * reflect number of bytes consumed in the segment.
@@ -406,16 +414,17 @@ static unsigned int xdr_encode_write_chunk(__be32 *dst, __be32 *src,
  * Assumptions:
  *  - Client has provided only one Write chunk
  */
-static void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(__be32 *rdma_resp, __be32 *wr_ch,
-					   unsigned int consumed)
+static __be32 *xdr_encode_write_list(__be32 *p,
+				     const struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt)
 {
-	unsigned int nsegs;
-	__be32 *p, *q;
+	unsigned int consumed, nsegs;
+	__be32 *q;
 
-	/* RPC-over-RDMA V1 replies never have a Read list. */
-	p = rdma_resp + rpcrdma_fixed_maxsz + 1;
+	q = rctxt->rc_write_list;
+	if (!q)
+		goto out;
 
-	q = wr_ch;
+	consumed = rctxt->rc_read_payload_length;
 	while (*q != xdr_zero) {
 		nsegs = xdr_encode_write_chunk(p, q, consumed);
 		q += 2 + nsegs * rpcrdma_segment_maxsz;
@@ -424,10 +433,9 @@ static void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(__be32 *rdma_resp, __be32 *wr_ch,
 	}
 
 	/* Terminate Write list */
+out:
 	*p++ = xdr_zero;
-
-	/* Reply chunk discriminator; may be replaced later */
-	*p = xdr_zero;
+	return p;
 }
 
 /* The client provided a Reply chunk in the Call message. Fill in
@@ -435,23 +443,13 @@ static void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(__be32 *rdma_resp, __be32 *wr_ch,
  * number of bytes consumed in each segment.
  *
  * Assumptions:
- * - Reply can always fit in the provided Reply chunk
+ * - Reply can always fit in the client-provided Reply chunk
  */
-static void svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_chunk(__be32 *rdma_resp, __be32 *rp_ch,
-					    unsigned int consumed)
+static void xdr_encode_reply_chunk(__be32 *p,
+				   const struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt,
+				   unsigned int length)
 {
-	__be32 *p;
-
-	/* Find the Reply chunk in the Reply's xprt header.
-	 * RPC-over-RDMA V1 replies never have a Read list.
-	 */
-	p = rdma_resp + rpcrdma_fixed_maxsz + 1;
-
-	/* Skip past Write list */
-	while (*p++ != xdr_zero)
-		p += 1 + be32_to_cpup(p) * rpcrdma_segment_maxsz;
-
-	xdr_encode_write_chunk(p, rp_ch, consumed);
+	xdr_encode_write_chunk(p, rctxt->rc_reply_chunk, length);
 }
 
 static int svc_rdma_dma_map_page(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
@@ -735,15 +733,15 @@ static void svc_rdma_save_io_pages(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
  */
 static int svc_rdma_send_reply_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				   struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *sctxt,
-				   struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt,
-				   struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
-				   __be32 *wr_lst, __be32 *rp_ch)
+				   const struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt,
+				   struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!rp_ch) {
+	if (!rctxt->rc_reply_chunk) {
 		ret = svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt,
-					     &rqstp->rq_res, wr_lst);
+					     &rqstp->rq_res,
+					     rctxt->rc_write_list);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -808,16 +806,12 @@ static int svc_rdma_send_error_msg(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
  */
 int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
-	struct svc_xprt *xprt = rqstp->rq_xprt;
 	struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma =
-		container_of(xprt, struct svcxprt_rdma, sc_xprt);
+		container_of(rqstp->rq_xprt, struct svcxprt_rdma, sc_xprt);
 	struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt = rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt;
 	__be32 *rdma_argp = rctxt->rc_recv_buf;
-	__be32 *wr_lst = rctxt->rc_write_list;
-	__be32 *rp_ch = rctxt->rc_reply_chunk;
-	struct xdr_buf *xdr = &rqstp->rq_res;
 	struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *sctxt;
-	__be32 *p, *rdma_resp;
+	__be32 *p;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Create the RDMA response header. xprt->xpt_mutex,
@@ -830,32 +824,26 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	sctxt = svc_rdma_send_ctxt_get(rdma);
 	if (!sctxt)
 		goto err0;
-	rdma_resp = sctxt->sc_xprt_buf;
 
-	p = rdma_resp;
+	p = sctxt->sc_xprt_buf;
 	*p++ = *rdma_argp;
 	*p++ = *(rdma_argp + 1);
 	*p++ = rdma->sc_fc_credits;
-	*p++ = rp_ch ? rdma_nomsg : rdma_msg;
+	*p++ = rctxt->rc_reply_chunk ? rdma_nomsg : rdma_msg;
 
-	/* Start with empty chunks */
-	*p++ = xdr_zero;
-	*p++ = xdr_zero;
-	*p   = xdr_zero;
-
-	if (wr_lst)
-		svc_rdma_xdr_encode_write_list(rdma_resp, wr_lst,
-					       rctxt->rc_read_payload_length);
-	if (rp_ch) {
-		ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(rdma, rp_ch, wr_lst, xdr);
+	p = xdr_encode_read_list(p);
+	p = xdr_encode_write_list(p, rctxt);
+	if (rctxt->rc_reply_chunk) {
+		ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_chunk(rdma, rctxt, &rqstp->rq_res);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto err2;
-		svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_chunk(rdma_resp, rp_ch, ret);
-	}
+		xdr_encode_reply_chunk(p, rctxt, ret);
+	} else
+		*p = xdr_zero;
 
-	svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(rdma, sctxt, svc_rdma_reply_hdr_len(rdma_resp));
-	ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt, rqstp,
-				      wr_lst, rp_ch);
+	svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(rdma, sctxt,
+				svc_rdma_reply_hdr_len(sctxt->sc_xprt_buf));
+	ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt, rqstp);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err1;
 	ret = 0;
@@ -879,7 +867,7 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	svc_rdma_send_ctxt_put(rdma, sctxt);
  err0:
 	trace_svcrdma_send_failed(rqstp, ret);
-	set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags);
+	set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_flags);
 	ret = -ENOTCONN;
 	goto out;
 }
