unsigned int            rc_page_count;
        unsigned int            rc_hdr_count;
        u32                     rc_inv_rkey;
+       __be32                  *rc_write_list;
+       __be32                  *rc_reply_chunk;
        unsigned int            rc_read_payload_offset;
        unsigned int            rc_read_payload_length;
        struct page             *rc_pages[RPCSVC_MAXPAGES];
 
        p = xdr_inline_decode(&rctxt->rc_stream, sizeof(*p));
        if (!p)
                return false;
+       rctxt->rc_write_list = p;
        while (*p != xdr_zero) {
                if (!xdr_check_write_chunk(rctxt, MAX_BYTES_WRITE_CHUNK))
                        return false;
                if (!p)
                        return false;
        }
+       if (!chcount)
+               rctxt->rc_write_list = NULL;
        return chcount < 2;
 }
 
        p = xdr_inline_decode(&rctxt->rc_stream, sizeof(*p));
        if (!p)
                return false;
-       if (*p != xdr_zero)
+       rctxt->rc_reply_chunk = p;
+       if (*p != xdr_zero) {
                if (!xdr_check_write_chunk(rctxt, MAX_BYTES_SPECIAL_CHUNK))
                        return false;
+       } else {
+               rctxt->rc_reply_chunk = NULL;
+       }
        return true;
 }
 
 
        xdr_encode_write_chunk(p, rp_ch, consumed);
 }
 
-/* Parse the RPC Call's transport header.
- */
-static void svc_rdma_get_write_arrays(__be32 *rdma_argp,
-                                     __be32 **write, __be32 **reply)
-{
-       __be32 *p;
-
-       p = rdma_argp + rpcrdma_fixed_maxsz;
-
-       /* Read list */
-       while (*p++ != xdr_zero)
-               p += 5;
-
-       /* Write list */
-       if (*p != xdr_zero) {
-               *write = p;
-               while (*p++ != xdr_zero)
-                       p += 1 + be32_to_cpu(*p) * 4;
-       } else {
-               *write = NULL;
-               p++;
-       }
-
-       /* Reply chunk */
-       if (*p != xdr_zero)
-               *reply = p;
-       else
-               *reply = NULL;
-}
-
 static int svc_rdma_dma_map_page(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
                                 struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *ctxt,
                                 struct page *page,
        struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma =
                container_of(xprt, struct svcxprt_rdma, sc_xprt);
        struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt = rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt;
-       __be32 *p, *rdma_argp, *rdma_resp, *wr_lst, *rp_ch;
+       __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;
        int ret;
 
-       rdma_argp = rctxt->rc_recv_buf;
-       svc_rdma_get_write_arrays(rdma_argp, &wr_lst, &rp_ch);
-
        /* Create the RDMA response header. xprt->xpt_mutex,
         * acquired in svc_send(), serializes RPC replies. The
         * code path below that inserts the credit grant value