diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 49fd21a5c215..0cf9f439025e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ static int send_reply(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 		      int byte_count)
 {
 	struct ib_send_wr send_wr;
+	u32 xdr_off;
 	int sge_no;
 	int sge_bytes;
 	int page_no;
@@ -415,8 +416,8 @@ static int send_reply(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 	ctxt->direction = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
 
 	/* Map the payload indicated by 'byte_count' */
+	xdr_off = 0;
 	for (sge_no = 1; byte_count && sge_no < vec->count; sge_no++) {
-		int xdr_off = 0;
 		sge_bytes = min_t(size_t, vec->sge[sge_no].iov_len, byte_count);
 		byte_count -= sge_bytes;
 		ctxt->sge[sge_no].addr =
@@ -451,6 +452,13 @@ static int send_reply(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 	}
 	rqstp->rq_next_page = rqstp->rq_respages + 1;
 
+	/* The loop above bumps sc_dma_used for each sge. The
+	 * xdr_buf.tail gets a separate sge, but resides in the
+	 * same page as xdr_buf.head. Don't count it twice.
+	 */
+	if (sge_no > ctxt->count)
+		atomic_dec(&rdma->sc_dma_used);
+
 	BUG_ON(sge_no > rdma->sc_max_sge);
 	memset(&send_wr, 0, sizeof send_wr);
 	ctxt->wr_op = IB_WR_SEND;