diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index 6f1a50d50d06..c29c7a59f205 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ static int __rds_rdma_map(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_get_mr_args *args,
 			kfree(sg);
 		}
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans_private);
+		/* Trigger connection so that its ready for the next retry */
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			rds_conn_connect_if_down(cp->cp_conn);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 985d0b7713ac..65eeb82cb5de 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -1314,12 +1314,8 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 
 	/* Parse any control messages the user may have included. */
 	ret = rds_cmsg_send(rs, rm, msg, &allocated_mr, &vct);
-	if (ret) {
-		/* Trigger connection so that its ready for the next retry */
-		if (ret ==  -EAGAIN)
-			rds_conn_connect_if_down(conn);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	if (rm->rdma.op_active && !conn->c_trans->xmit_rdma) {
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE "rdma_op %p conn xmit_rdma %p\n",