diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 7d6ddfd60271..a98d64a6eda5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void nfs_init_timeout_values(struct rpc_timeout *to, int proto,
 	case XPRT_TRANSPORT_RDMA:
 		if (retrans == NFS_UNSPEC_RETRANS)
 			to->to_retries = NFS_DEF_TCP_RETRANS;
-		if (timeo == NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO || to->to_retries == 0)
+		if (timeo == NFS_UNSPEC_TIMEO || to->to_initval == 0)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_DEF_TCP_TIMEO * HZ / 10;
 		if (to->to_initval > NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT)
 			to->to_initval = NFS_MAX_TCP_TIMEOUT;