might_sleep();
 
+       /* Sync the transport header buffer */
+       ib_dma_sync_single_for_device(rdma->sc_pd->device,
+                                     wr->sg_list[0].addr,
+                                     wr->sg_list[0].length,
+                                     DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
        /* If the SQ is full, wait until an SQ entry is available */
        while (1) {
                if ((atomic_dec_return(&rdma->sc_sq_avail) < 0)) {
                                     offset_in_page(base), len);
 }
 
-/**
- * svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr - DMA sync the transport header buffer
- * @rdma: controlling transport
- * @ctxt: send_ctxt for the Send WR
- * @len: length of transport header
- *
- */
-void svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
-                            struct svc_rdma_send_ctxt *ctxt,
-                            unsigned int len)
-{
-       ctxt->sc_sges[0].length = len;
-       ctxt->sc_send_wr.num_sge++;
-       ib_dma_sync_single_for_device(rdma->sc_pd->device,
-                                     ctxt->sc_sges[0].addr, len,
-                                     DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-}
-
 /**
  * svc_rdma_pull_up_needed - Determine whether to use pull-up
  * @rdma: controlling transport
        unsigned char *dst, *tailbase;
        unsigned int taillen;
 
-       dst = sctxt->sc_xprt_buf;
-       dst += sctxt->sc_sges[0].length;
-
+       dst = sctxt->sc_xprt_buf + sctxt->sc_hdrbuf.len;
        memcpy(dst, xdr->head[0].iov_base, xdr->head[0].iov_len);
        dst += xdr->head[0].iov_len;
 
                memcpy(dst, tailbase, taillen);
 
        sctxt->sc_sges[0].length += xdr->len;
-       ib_dma_sync_single_for_device(rdma->sc_pd->device,
-                                     sctxt->sc_sges[0].addr,
-                                     sctxt->sc_sges[0].length,
-                                     DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
        return 0;
 }
 
  * @xdr: prepared xdr_buf containing RPC message
  *
  * Load the xdr_buf into the ctxt's sge array, and DMA map each
- * element as it is added.
+ * element as it is added. The Send WR's num_sge field is set.
  *
  * Returns zero on success, or a negative errno on failure.
  */
        u32 xdr_pad;
        int ret;
 
+       /* Set up the (persistently-mapped) transport header SGE. */
+       sctxt->sc_send_wr.num_sge = 1;
+       sctxt->sc_sges[0].length = sctxt->sc_hdrbuf.len;
+
+       /* If there is a Reply chunk, nothing follows the transport
+        * header, and we're done here.
+        */
+       if (rctxt && rctxt->rc_reply_chunk)
+               return 0;
+
+       /* For pull-up, svc_rdma_send() will sync the transport header.
+        * No additional DMA mapping is necessary.
+        */
        if (svc_rdma_pull_up_needed(rdma, rctxt, xdr))
                return svc_rdma_pull_up_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt, xdr);
 
 {
        int ret;
 
-       if (!rctxt->rc_reply_chunk) {
-               ret = svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt,
-                                            &rqstp->rq_res);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       return ret;
-       }
+       ret = svc_rdma_map_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt, &rqstp->rq_res);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
 
        svc_rdma_save_io_pages(rqstp, sctxt);
 
        } else {
                sctxt->sc_send_wr.opcode = IB_WR_SEND;
        }
-       dprintk("svcrdma: posting Send WR with %u sge(s)\n",
-               sctxt->sc_send_wr.num_sge);
        return svc_rdma_send(rdma, &sctxt->sc_send_wr);
 }
 
        *p   = err_chunk;
        trace_svcrdma_err_chunk(*rdma_argp);
 
-       svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(rdma, ctxt, ctxt->sc_hdrbuf.len);
-
        svc_rdma_save_io_pages(rqstp, ctxt);
 
+       ctxt->sc_send_wr.num_sge = 1;
        ctxt->sc_send_wr.opcode = IB_WR_SEND;
+       ctxt->sc_sges[0].length = ctxt->sc_hdrbuf.len;
        return svc_rdma_send(rdma, &ctxt->sc_send_wr);
 }
 
                        goto err0;
        }
 
-       svc_rdma_sync_reply_hdr(rdma, sctxt, sctxt->sc_hdrbuf.len);
        ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_msg(rdma, sctxt, rctxt, rqstp);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err1;