diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index 4a4155640d51..9a3b954e862d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -1601,6 +1601,7 @@ static int srpt_create_ch_ib(struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch)
 	struct ib_qp_init_attr *qp_init;
 	struct srpt_port *sport = ch->sport;
 	struct srpt_device *sdev = sport->sdev;
+	const struct ib_device_attr *attrs = &sdev->device->attrs;
 	u32 srp_sq_size = sport->port_attrib.srp_sq_size;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1638,7 +1639,7 @@ retry:
 	 */
 	qp_init->cap.max_send_wr = srp_sq_size / 2;
 	qp_init->cap.max_rdma_ctxs = srp_sq_size / 2;
-	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE;
+	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = min(attrs->max_sge, SRPT_MAX_SG_PER_WQE);
 	qp_init->port_num = ch->sport->port;
 
 	ch->qp = ib_create_qp(sdev->pd, qp_init);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
index 389030487da7..581878782854 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ enum {
 	SRP_LOGIN_RSP_MULTICHAN_MAINTAINED = 0x2,
 
 	SRPT_DEF_SG_TABLESIZE = 128,
-	SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE = 16,
+	/*
+	 * An experimentally determined value that avoids that QP creation
+	 * fails due to "swiotlb buffer is full" on systems using the swiotlb.
+	 */
+	SRPT_MAX_SG_PER_WQE = 16,
 
 	MIN_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 16,
 	DEF_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 4096,