* allowed to timeout, to discover the errors at that time.
  */
 void
-rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
+rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+       struct rpcrdma_rep *rep =
+                       container_of(work, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_work);
        struct rpcrdma_msg *headerp;
        struct rpcrdma_req *req;
        struct rpc_rqst *rqst;
 
                       wc->status, wc->vendor_err);
 }
 
-static void
-rpcrdma_receive_worker(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-       struct rpcrdma_rep *rep =
-                       container_of(work, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_work);
-
-       rpcrdma_reply_handler(rep);
-}
-
 /* Perform basic sanity checking to avoid using garbage
  * to update the credit grant value.
  */
        rep->rr_device = ia->ri_device;
        rep->rr_cqe.done = rpcrdma_wc_receive;
        rep->rr_rxprt = r_xprt;
-       INIT_WORK(&rep->rr_work, rpcrdma_receive_worker);
+       INIT_WORK(&rep->rr_work, rpcrdma_reply_handler);
        rep->rr_recv_wr.next = NULL;
        rep->rr_recv_wr.wr_cqe = &rep->rr_cqe;
        rep->rr_recv_wr.sg_list = &rep->rr_rdmabuf->rg_iov;
 
  */
 void rpcrdma_connect_worker(struct work_struct *);
 void rpcrdma_conn_func(struct rpcrdma_ep *);
-void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *);
+void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct work_struct *);
 
 /*
  * RPC/RDMA protocol calls - xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c