diff --git a/Documentation/networking/smc-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/smc-sysctl.rst
index 45ba152..6d8acdb 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/smc-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/smc-sysctl.rst
@@ -41,3 +41,21 @@ smcr_testlink_time - INTEGER
 	disabling TEST_LINK.
 
 	Default: 30 seconds.
+
+wmem - INTEGER
+	Initial size of send buffer used by SMC sockets.
+	The default value inherits from net.ipv4.tcp_wmem[1].
+
+	The minimum value is 16KiB and there is no hard limit for max value, but
+	only allowed 512KiB for SMC-R and 1MiB for SMC-D.
+
+	Default: 16K
+
+rmem - INTEGER
+	Initial size of receive buffer (RMB) used by SMC sockets.
+	The default value inherits from net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[1].
+
+	The minimum value is 16KiB and there is no hard limit for max value, but
+	only allowed 512KiB for SMC-R and 1MiB for SMC-D.
+
+	Default: 128K
diff --git a/include/net/netns/smc.h b/include/net/netns/smc.h
index d295e2c..582212a 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/smc.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/smc.h
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ struct netns_smc {
 	unsigned int			sysctl_autocorking_size;
 	unsigned int			sysctl_smcr_buf_type;
 	int				sysctl_smcr_testlink_time;
+	int				sysctl_wmem;
+	int				sysctl_rmem;
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 0939cc3..e44ca70 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ static struct sock *smc_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	sk->sk_state = SMC_INIT;
 	sk->sk_destruct = smc_destruct;
 	sk->sk_protocol = protocol;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_sndbuf, READ_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_wmem));
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf, READ_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_rmem));
 	smc = smc_sk(sk);
 	INIT_WORK(&smc->tcp_listen_work, smc_tcp_listen_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&smc->connect_work, smc_connect_work);
@@ -3253,9 +3255,6 @@ static int __smc_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 		smc->clcsock = clcsock;
 	}
 
-	smc->sk.sk_sndbuf = max(smc->clcsock->sk->sk_sndbuf, SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE);
-	smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf = max(smc->clcsock->sk->sk_rcvbuf, SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE);
-
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index ebf56cd..ea41f22 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -2307,10 +2307,10 @@ static int __smc_buf_create(struct smc_sock *smc, bool is_smcd, bool is_rmb)
 
 	if (is_rmb)
 		/* use socket recv buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
-		sk_buf_size = smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf / 2;
+		sk_buf_size = smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf;
 	else
 		/* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
-		sk_buf_size = smc->sk.sk_sndbuf / 2;
+		sk_buf_size = smc->sk.sk_sndbuf;
 
 	for (bufsize_short = smc_compress_bufsize(sk_buf_size, is_smcd, is_rmb);
 	     bufsize_short >= 0; bufsize_short--) {
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ static int __smc_buf_create(struct smc_sock *smc, bool is_smcd, bool is_rmb)
 	if (is_rmb) {
 		conn->rmb_desc = buf_desc;
 		conn->rmbe_size_short = bufsize_short;
-		smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf = bufsize * 2;
+		smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf = bufsize;
 		atomic_set(&conn->bytes_to_rcv, 0);
 		conn->rmbe_update_limit =
 			smc_rmb_wnd_update_limit(buf_desc->len);
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ static int __smc_buf_create(struct smc_sock *smc, bool is_smcd, bool is_rmb)
 			smc_ism_set_conn(conn); /* map RMB/smcd_dev to conn */
 	} else {
 		conn->sndbuf_desc = buf_desc;
-		smc->sk.sk_sndbuf = bufsize * 2;
+		smc->sk.sk_sndbuf = bufsize;
 		atomic_set(&conn->sndbuf_space, bufsize);
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c b/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
index 3224d30..b6f79fa 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "smc_llc.h"
 #include "smc_sysctl.h"
 
+static int min_sndbuf = SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE;
+static int min_rcvbuf = SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE;
+
 static struct ctl_table smc_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname       = "autocorking_size",
@@ -43,6 +46,22 @@
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "wmem",
+		.data		= &init_net.smc.sysctl_wmem,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &min_sndbuf,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "rmem",
+		.data		= &init_net.smc.sysctl_rmem,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &min_rcvbuf,
+	},
 	{  }
 };
 
@@ -69,6 +88,8 @@ int __net_init smc_sysctl_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->smc.sysctl_autocorking_size = SMC_AUTOCORKING_DEFAULT_SIZE;
 	net->smc.sysctl_smcr_buf_type = SMCR_PHYS_CONT_BUFS;
 	net->smc.sysctl_smcr_testlink_time = SMC_LLC_TESTLINK_DEFAULT_TIME;
+	WRITE_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_wmem, READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_wmem[1]));
+	WRITE_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_rmem, READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rmem[1]));
 
 	return 0;
 
