diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index b86b5fd62d9f..ef5102b60589 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,7 @@ void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 		xprt->cwnd = credits << RPC_CWNDSHIFT;
 		spin_unlock(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	}
+	rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, false);
 
 	req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rqst);
 	if (req->rl_reply) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index be74ff8f7873..a64e37680791 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ rpcrdma_regbuf_alloc(size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction,
 		     gfp_t flags);
 static void rpcrdma_regbuf_dma_unmap(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb);
 static void rpcrdma_regbuf_free(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb);
-static void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp);
 
 /* Wait for outstanding transport work to finish. ib_drain_qp
  * handles the drains in the wrong order for us, so open code
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ rpcrdma_wc_receive(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 				   rdmab_addr(rep->rr_rdmabuf),
 				   wc->byte_len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
-	rpcrdma_post_recvs(r_xprt, false);
 	rpcrdma_reply_handler(rep);
 	return;
 
@@ -1478,8 +1476,13 @@ rpcrdma_ep_post(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void
-rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp)
+/**
+ * rpcrdma_post_recvs - Refill the Receive Queue
+ * @r_xprt: controlling transport instance
+ * @temp: mark Receive buffers to be deleted after use
+ *
+ */
+void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp)
 {
 	struct rpcrdma_buffer *buf = &r_xprt->rx_buf;
 	struct rpcrdma_ep *ep = &r_xprt->rx_ep;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 65e6b0eb862e..d5dc35618ebb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ void rpcrdma_ep_disconnect(struct rpcrdma_ep *, struct rpcrdma_ia *);
 
 int rpcrdma_ep_post(struct rpcrdma_ia *, struct rpcrdma_ep *,
 				struct rpcrdma_req *);
+void rpcrdma_post_recvs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, bool temp);
 
 /*
  * Buffer calls - xprtrdma/verbs.c