diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
index 0eb32bbfc467..31c4dc8212c3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.c
@@ -828,16 +828,16 @@ static int smbd_post_send(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
-	struct scatterlist *sgl, int data_length, int remaining_data_length)
+static int smbd_post_send_iter(struct smbd_connection *info,
+			       struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       int *_remaining_data_length)
 {
-	int num_sgs;
 	int i, rc;
 	int header_length;
+	int data_length;
 	struct smbd_request *request;
 	struct smbd_data_transfer *packet;
 	int new_credits;
-	struct scatterlist *sg;
 
 wait_credit:
 	/* Wait for send credits. A SMBD packet needs one credit */
@@ -881,6 +881,30 @@ static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	}
 
 	request->info = info;
+	memset(request->sge, 0, sizeof(request->sge));
+
+	/* Fill in the data payload to find out how much data we can add */
+	if (iter) {
+		struct smb_extract_to_rdma extract = {
+			.nr_sge		= 1,
+			.max_sge	= SMBDIRECT_MAX_SEND_SGE,
+			.sge		= request->sge,
+			.device		= info->id->device,
+			.local_dma_lkey	= info->pd->local_dma_lkey,
+			.direction	= DMA_TO_DEVICE,
+		};
+
+		rc = smb_extract_iter_to_rdma(iter, *_remaining_data_length,
+					      &extract);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			goto err_dma;
+		data_length = rc;
+		request->num_sge = extract.nr_sge;
+		*_remaining_data_length -= data_length;
+	} else {
+		data_length = 0;
+		request->num_sge = 1;
+	}
 
 	/* Fill in the packet header */
 	packet = smbd_request_payload(request);
@@ -902,7 +926,7 @@ static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	else
 		packet->data_offset = cpu_to_le32(24);
 	packet->data_length = cpu_to_le32(data_length);
-	packet->remaining_data_length = cpu_to_le32(remaining_data_length);
+	packet->remaining_data_length = cpu_to_le32(*_remaining_data_length);
 	packet->padding = 0;
 
 	log_outgoing(INFO, "credits_requested=%d credits_granted=%d data_offset=%d data_length=%d remaining_data_length=%d\n",
@@ -918,7 +942,6 @@ static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	if (!data_length)
 		header_length = offsetof(struct smbd_data_transfer, padding);
 
-	request->num_sge = 1;
 	request->sge[0].addr = ib_dma_map_single(info->id->device,
 						 (void *)packet,
 						 header_length,
@@ -932,23 +955,6 @@ static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	request->sge[0].length = header_length;
 	request->sge[0].lkey = info->pd->local_dma_lkey;
 
-	/* Fill in the packet data payload */
-	num_sgs = sgl ? sg_nents(sgl) : 0;
-	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, num_sgs, i) {
-		request->sge[i+1].addr =
-			ib_dma_map_page(info->id->device, sg_page(sg),
-			       sg->offset, sg->length, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-		if (ib_dma_mapping_error(
-				info->id->device, request->sge[i+1].addr)) {
-			rc = -EIO;
-			request->sge[i+1].addr = 0;
-			goto err_dma;
-		}
-		request->sge[i+1].length = sg->length;
-		request->sge[i+1].lkey = info->pd->local_dma_lkey;
-		request->num_sge++;
-	}
-
 	rc = smbd_post_send(info, request);
 	if (!rc)
 		return 0;
@@ -987,8 +993,10 @@ static int smbd_post_send_sgl(struct smbd_connection *info,
  */
 static int smbd_post_send_empty(struct smbd_connection *info)
 {
+	int remaining_data_length = 0;
+
 	info->count_send_empty++;
-	return smbd_post_send_sgl(info, NULL, 0, 0);
+	return smbd_post_send_iter(info, NULL, &remaining_data_length);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1933,42 +1941,6 @@ int smbd_recv(struct smbd_connection *info, struct msghdr *msg)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/*
- * Send the contents of an iterator
- * @iter: The iterator to send
- * @_remaining_data_length: remaining data to send in this payload
- */
-static int smbd_post_send_iter(struct smbd_connection *info,
-			       struct iov_iter *iter,
-			       int *_remaining_data_length)
-{
-	struct scatterlist sgl[SMBDIRECT_MAX_SEND_SGE - 1];
-	unsigned int max_payload = info->max_send_size - sizeof(struct smbd_data_transfer);
-	ssize_t rc;
-
-	/* We're not expecting a user-backed iter */
-	WARN_ON(iov_iter_extract_will_pin(iter));
-
-	do {
-		struct sg_table sgtable = { .sgl = sgl };
-		size_t maxlen = min_t(size_t, *_remaining_data_length, max_payload);
-
-		sg_init_table(sgtable.sgl, ARRAY_SIZE(sgl));
-		rc = netfs_extract_iter_to_sg(iter, maxlen,
-					      &sgtable, ARRAY_SIZE(sgl), 0);
-		if (rc < 0)
-			break;
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(sgtable.nents == 0))
-			return -EIO;
-
-		sg_mark_end(&sgl[sgtable.nents - 1]);
-		*_remaining_data_length -= rc;
-		rc = smbd_post_send_sgl(info, sgl, rc, *_remaining_data_length);
-	} while (rc == 0 && iov_iter_count(iter) > 0);
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 /*
  * Send data to transport
  * Each rqst is transported as a SMBDirect payload
@@ -2129,10 +2101,10 @@ static void destroy_mr_list(struct smbd_connection *info)
 	cancel_work_sync(&info->mr_recovery_work);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mr, tmp, &info->mr_list, list) {
 		if (mr->state == MR_INVALIDATED)
-			ib_dma_unmap_sg(info->id->device, mr->sgl,
-				mr->sgl_count, mr->dir);
+			ib_dma_unmap_sg(info->id->device, mr->sgt.sgl,
+				mr->sgt.nents, mr->dir);
 		ib_dereg_mr(mr->mr);
-		kfree(mr->sgl);
+		kfree(mr->sgt.sgl);
 		kfree(mr);
 	}
 }
@@ -2167,11 +2139,10 @@ static int allocate_mr_list(struct smbd_connection *info)
 				    info->mr_type, info->max_frmr_depth);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		smbdirect_mr->sgl = kcalloc(
-					info->max_frmr_depth,
-					sizeof(struct scatterlist),
-					GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!smbdirect_mr->sgl) {
+		smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl = kcalloc(info->max_frmr_depth,
+						sizeof(struct scatterlist),
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl) {
 			log_rdma_mr(ERR, "failed to allocate sgl\n");
 			ib_dereg_mr(smbdirect_mr->mr);
 			goto out;
@@ -2190,7 +2161,7 @@ static int allocate_mr_list(struct smbd_connection *info)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(smbdirect_mr, tmp, &info->mr_list, list) {
 		ib_dereg_mr(smbdirect_mr->mr);
-		kfree(smbdirect_mr->sgl);
+		kfree(smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl);
 		kfree(smbdirect_mr);
 	}
 	return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2244,22 +2215,20 @@ static struct smbd_mr *get_mr(struct smbd_connection *info)
 
 /*
  * Transcribe the pages from an iterator into an MR scatterlist.
- * @iter: The iterator to transcribe
- * @_remaining_data_length: remaining data to send in this payload
  */
 static int smbd_iter_to_mr(struct smbd_connection *info,
 			   struct iov_iter *iter,
-			   struct scatterlist *sgl,
-			   unsigned int num_pages)
+			   struct sg_table *sgt,
+			   unsigned int max_sg)
 {
-	struct sg_table sgtable = { .sgl = sgl };
 	int ret;
 
-	sg_init_table(sgl, num_pages);
+	memset(sgt->sgl, 0, max_sg * sizeof(struct scatterlist));
 
-	ret = netfs_extract_iter_to_sg(iter, iov_iter_count(iter),
-				       &sgtable, num_pages, 0);
+	ret = netfs_extract_iter_to_sg(iter, iov_iter_count(iter), sgt, max_sg, 0);
 	WARN_ON(ret < 0);
+	if (sgt->nents > 0)
+		sg_mark_end(&sgt->sgl[sgt->nents - 1]);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2296,25 +2265,27 @@ struct smbd_mr *smbd_register_mr(struct smbd_connection *info,
 	dir = writing ? DMA_FROM_DEVICE : DMA_TO_DEVICE;
 	smbdirect_mr->dir = dir;
 	smbdirect_mr->need_invalidate = need_invalidate;
-	smbdirect_mr->sgl_count = num_pages;
+	smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents = 0;
+	smbdirect_mr->sgt.orig_nents = 0;
 
-	log_rdma_mr(INFO, "num_pages=0x%x count=0x%zx\n",
-		    num_pages, iov_iter_count(iter));
-	smbd_iter_to_mr(info, iter, smbdirect_mr->sgl, num_pages);
+	log_rdma_mr(INFO, "num_pages=0x%x count=0x%zx depth=%u\n",
+		    num_pages, iov_iter_count(iter), info->max_frmr_depth);
+	smbd_iter_to_mr(info, iter, &smbdirect_mr->sgt, info->max_frmr_depth);
 
-	rc = ib_dma_map_sg(info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgl, num_pages, dir);
+	rc = ib_dma_map_sg(info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl,
+			   smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents, dir);
 	if (!rc) {
 		log_rdma_mr(ERR, "ib_dma_map_sg num_pages=%x dir=%x rc=%x\n",
 			num_pages, dir, rc);
 		goto dma_map_error;
 	}
 
-	rc = ib_map_mr_sg(smbdirect_mr->mr, smbdirect_mr->sgl, num_pages,
-		NULL, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (rc != num_pages) {
+	rc = ib_map_mr_sg(smbdirect_mr->mr, smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl,
+			  smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents, NULL, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (rc != smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents) {
 		log_rdma_mr(ERR,
-			"ib_map_mr_sg failed rc = %d num_pages = %x\n",
-			rc, num_pages);
+			"ib_map_mr_sg failed rc = %d nents = %x\n",
+			rc, smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents);
 		goto map_mr_error;
 	}
 
@@ -2346,8 +2317,8 @@ struct smbd_mr *smbd_register_mr(struct smbd_connection *info,
 
 	/* If all failed, attempt to recover this MR by setting it MR_ERROR*/
 map_mr_error:
-	ib_dma_unmap_sg(info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgl,
-		smbdirect_mr->sgl_count, smbdirect_mr->dir);
+	ib_dma_unmap_sg(info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl,
+			smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents, smbdirect_mr->dir);
 
 dma_map_error:
 	smbdirect_mr->state = MR_ERROR;
@@ -2414,8 +2385,8 @@ int smbd_deregister_mr(struct smbd_mr *smbdirect_mr)
 
 	if (smbdirect_mr->state == MR_INVALIDATED) {
 		ib_dma_unmap_sg(
-			info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgl,
-			smbdirect_mr->sgl_count,
+			info->id->device, smbdirect_mr->sgt.sgl,
+			smbdirect_mr->sgt.nents,
 			smbdirect_mr->dir);
 		smbdirect_mr->state = MR_READY;
 		if (atomic_inc_return(&info->mr_ready_count) == 1)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
index be2cf18b7fec..83f239f376f0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbdirect.h
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ struct smbd_mr {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	enum mr_state		state;
 	struct ib_mr		*mr;
-	struct scatterlist	*sgl;
-	int			sgl_count;
+	struct sg_table		sgt;
 	enum dma_data_direction	dir;
 	union {
 		struct ib_reg_wr	wr;
