int i, ret;
 
        for (i = 1; i < ctrl->queue_count; i++) {
-               ret = nvme_rdma_init_queue(ctrl, i, ctrl->ctrl.sqsize);
+               ret = nvme_rdma_init_queue(ctrl, i,
+                                          ctrl->ctrl.opts->queue_size);
                if (ret) {
                        dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
                                "failed to initialize i/o queue: %d\n", ret);
                priv.hrqsize = cpu_to_le16(NVMF_AQ_DEPTH);
                priv.hsqsize = cpu_to_le16(NVMF_AQ_DEPTH - 1);
        } else {
+               /*
+                * current interpretation of the fabrics spec
+                * is at minimum you make hrqsize sqsize+1, or a
+                * 1's based representation of sqsize.
+                */
                priv.hrqsize = cpu_to_le16(queue->queue_size);
-               priv.hsqsize = cpu_to_le16(queue->queue_size);
+               priv.hsqsize = cpu_to_le16(queue->ctrl->ctrl.sqsize);
        }
 
        ret = rdma_connect(queue->cm_id, ¶m);
 
        memset(&ctrl->tag_set, 0, sizeof(ctrl->tag_set));
        ctrl->tag_set.ops = &nvme_rdma_mq_ops;
-       ctrl->tag_set.queue_depth = ctrl->ctrl.sqsize;
+       ctrl->tag_set.queue_depth = ctrl->ctrl.opts->queue_size;
        ctrl->tag_set.reserved_tags = 1; /* fabric connect */
        ctrl->tag_set.numa_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
        ctrl->tag_set.flags = BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE;
        spin_lock_init(&ctrl->lock);
 
        ctrl->queue_count = opts->nr_io_queues + 1; /* +1 for admin queue */
-       ctrl->ctrl.sqsize = opts->queue_size;
+       ctrl->ctrl.sqsize = opts->queue_size - 1;
        ctrl->ctrl.kato = opts->kato;
 
        ret = -ENOMEM;