diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
index d96e74e114c0..592653becd91 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/sched.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ void		rpc_sleep_on_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *,
 					struct rpc_task *,
 					rpc_action action,
 					int priority);
+void rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+		struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
+		struct rpc_task *task);
 void		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(struct rpc_wait_queue *,
 					struct rpc_task *);
 void		rpc_wake_up(struct rpc_wait_queue *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 896691afbb1a..d9db2eab3a8d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -458,6 +458,18 @@ static void rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct r
 	rpc_wake_up_task_on_wq_queue_locked(rpciod_workqueue, queue, task);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake up a task on a specific queue
+ */
+void rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(struct workqueue_struct *wq,
+		struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
+		struct rpc_task *task)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&queue->lock);
+	rpc_wake_up_task_on_wq_queue_locked(wq, queue, task);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Wake up a task on a specific queue
  */
@@ -1092,12 +1104,12 @@ static int rpciod_start(void)
 	 * Create the rpciod thread and wait for it to start.
 	 */
 	dprintk("RPC:       creating workqueue rpciod\n");
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("rpciod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
 	if (!wq)
 		goto out_failed;
 	rpciod_workqueue = wq;
 	/* Note: highpri because network receive is latency sensitive */
-	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+	wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtiod", WQ_UNBOUND|WQ_MEM_RECLAIM|WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
 	if (!wq)
 		goto free_rpciod;
 	xprtiod_workqueue = wq;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 2436fd1125fc..8f0ad4f268da 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ void xprt_write_space(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (xprt->snd_task) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       write space: waking waiting task on "
 				"xprt %p\n", xprt);
-		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&xprt->pending, xprt->snd_task);
+		rpc_wake_up_queued_task_on_wq(xprtiod_workqueue,
+				&xprt->pending, xprt->snd_task);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 162e5dd82466..f0855a959a27 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static bool rpcrdma_args_inline(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
 	if (xdr->page_len) {
 		remaining = xdr->page_len;
 		offset = offset_in_page(xdr->page_base);
-		count = 0;
+		count = RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES;
 		while (remaining) {
 			remaining -= min_t(unsigned int,
 					   PAGE_SIZE - offset, remaining);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index f4eb63e8e689..e6f84a6434a0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ rpcrdma_ep_create(struct rpcrdma_ep *ep, struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 		pr_warn("rpcrdma: HCA provides only %d send SGEs\n", max_sge);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	ia->ri_max_send_sges = max_sge - RPCRDMA_MIN_SEND_SGES;
+	ia->ri_max_send_sges = max_sge;
 
 	if (ia->ri_device->attrs.max_qp_wr <= RPCRDMA_BACKWARD_WRS) {
 		dprintk("RPC:       %s: insufficient wqe's available\n",
@@ -1502,6 +1502,9 @@ __rpcrdma_dma_map_regbuf(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia, struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb)
 static void
 rpcrdma_dma_unmap_regbuf(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb)
 {
+	if (!rb)
+		return;
+
 	if (!rpcrdma_regbuf_is_mapped(rb))
 		return;
 
@@ -1517,9 +1520,6 @@ rpcrdma_dma_unmap_regbuf(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb)
 void
 rpcrdma_free_regbuf(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb)
 {
-	if (!rb)
-		return;
-
 	rpcrdma_dma_unmap_regbuf(rb);
 	kfree(rb);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 18803021f242..a6b8c1f8f92a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -807,13 +807,6 @@ static void xs_sock_reset_connection_flags(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();
 }
 
-static void xs_sock_mark_closed(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
-{
-	xs_sock_reset_connection_flags(xprt);
-	/* Mark transport as closed and wake up all pending tasks */
-	xprt_disconnect_done(xprt);
-}
-
 /**
  * xs_error_report - callback to handle TCP socket state errors
  * @sk: socket
@@ -833,9 +826,6 @@ static void xs_error_report(struct sock *sk)
 	err = -sk->sk_err;
 	if (err == 0)
 		goto out;
-	/* Is this a reset event? */
-	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE)
-		xs_sock_mark_closed(xprt);
 	dprintk("RPC:       xs_error_report client %p, error=%d...\n",
 			xprt, -err);
 	trace_rpc_socket_error(xprt, sk->sk_socket, err);
@@ -1078,18 +1068,18 @@ static void xs_udp_data_read_skb(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
 
 	/* Suck it into the iovec, verify checksum if not done by hw. */
 	if (csum_partial_copy_to_xdr(&rovr->rq_private_buf, skb)) {
-		__UDPX_INC_STATS(sk, UDP_MIB_INERRORS);
 		spin_lock(&xprt->recv_lock);
+		__UDPX_INC_STATS(sk, UDP_MIB_INERRORS);
 		goto out_unpin;
 	}
 
-	__UDPX_INC_STATS(sk, UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	xprt_adjust_cwnd(xprt, task, copied);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
 	spin_lock(&xprt->recv_lock);
 	xprt_complete_rqst(task, copied);
+	__UDPX_INC_STATS(sk, UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS);
 out_unpin:
 	xprt_unpin_rqst(rovr);
  out_unlock:
@@ -1655,9 +1645,11 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(XPRT_SOCK_CONNECTING,
 					&transport->sock_state))
 			xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
+		clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state);
 		if (sk->sk_err)
 			xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -sk->sk_err);
-		xs_sock_mark_closed(xprt);
+		/* Trigger the socket release */
+		xs_tcp_force_close(xprt);
 	}
  out:
 	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
@@ -2265,14 +2257,19 @@ static void xs_tcp_shutdown(struct rpc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
 	struct socket *sock = transport->sock;
+	int skst = transport->inet ? transport->inet->sk_state : TCP_CLOSE;
 
 	if (sock == NULL)
 		return;
-	if (xprt_connected(xprt)) {
+	switch (skst) {
+	default:
 		kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 		trace_rpc_socket_shutdown(xprt, sock);
-	} else
+		break;
+	case TCP_CLOSE:
+	case TCP_TIME_WAIT:
 		xs_reset_transport(transport);
+	}
 }
 
 static void xs_tcp_set_socket_timeouts(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,