diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index 4b731b046bcd..7337e1221590 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ struct svcxprt_rdma {
 #define RDMAXPRT_CONN_PENDING	3
 
 #define RPCRDMA_LISTEN_BACKLOG  10
-/* The default ORD value is based on two outstanding full-size writes with a
- * page size of 4k, or 32k * 2 ops / 4k = 16 outstanding RDMA_READ.  */
-#define RPCRDMA_ORD             (64/4)
 #define RPCRDMA_MAX_REQUESTS    32
 
 /* Typical ULP usage of BC requests is NFSv4.1 backchannel. Our
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
index a4a8f6989ee7..dd8a431dc2ae 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma.c
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 #define RPCDBG_FACILITY	RPCDBG_SVCXPRT
 
 /* RPC/RDMA parameters */
-unsigned int svcrdma_ord = RPCRDMA_ORD;
+unsigned int svcrdma_ord = 16;	/* historical default */
 static unsigned int min_ord = 1;
-static unsigned int max_ord = 4096;
+static unsigned int max_ord = 255;
 unsigned int svcrdma_max_requests = RPCRDMA_MAX_REQUESTS;
 unsigned int svcrdma_max_bc_requests = RPCRDMA_MAX_BC_REQUESTS;
 static unsigned int min_max_requests = 4;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 135ae175ca8e..7b2f4d3a2543 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -762,13 +762,6 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (!svc_rdma_prealloc_ctxts(newxprt))
 		goto errout;
 
-	/*
-	 * Limit ORD based on client limit, local device limit, and
-	 * configured svcrdma limit.
-	 */
-	newxprt->sc_ord = min_t(size_t, dev->attrs.max_qp_rd_atom, newxprt->sc_ord);
-	newxprt->sc_ord = min_t(size_t,	svcrdma_ord, newxprt->sc_ord);
-
 	newxprt->sc_pd = ib_alloc_pd(dev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(newxprt->sc_pd)) {
 		dprintk("svcrdma: error creating PD for connect request\n");
@@ -843,15 +836,18 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	set_bit(RDMAXPRT_CONN_PENDING, &newxprt->sc_flags);
 	memset(&conn_param, 0, sizeof conn_param);
 	conn_param.responder_resources = 0;
-	conn_param.initiator_depth = newxprt->sc_ord;
+	conn_param.initiator_depth = min_t(int, newxprt->sc_ord,
+					   dev->attrs.max_qp_init_rd_atom);
+	if (!conn_param.initiator_depth) {
+		dprintk("svcrdma: invalid ORD setting\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto errout;
+	}
 	conn_param.private_data = &pmsg;
 	conn_param.private_data_len = sizeof(pmsg);
 	ret = rdma_accept(newxprt->sc_cm_id, &conn_param);
-	if (ret) {
-		dprintk("svcrdma: failed to accept new connection, ret=%d\n",
-		       ret);
+	if (ret)
 		goto errout;
-	}
 
 	dprintk("svcrdma: new connection %p accepted:\n", newxprt);
 	sap = (struct sockaddr *)&newxprt->sc_cm_id->route.addr.src_addr;
@@ -862,7 +858,7 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	dprintk("    sq_depth        : %d\n", newxprt->sc_sq_depth);
 	dprintk("    rdma_rw_ctxs    : %d\n", ctxts);
 	dprintk("    max_requests    : %d\n", newxprt->sc_max_requests);
-	dprintk("    ord             : %d\n", newxprt->sc_ord);
+	dprintk("    ord             : %d\n", conn_param.initiator_depth);
 
 	return &newxprt->sc_xprt;