diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index d26384b22126..cb94ee4181d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ struct svcxprt_rdma {
 #define RDMAXPRT_SQ_PENDING	2
 #define RDMAXPRT_CONN_PENDING	3
 
+#define RPCRDMA_MAX_SVC_SEGS	(64)	/* server max scatter/gather */
+#if RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD < (RPCRDMA_MAX_SVC_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#define RPCRDMA_MAXPAYLOAD	RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD
+#else
+#define RPCRDMA_MAXPAYLOAD	(RPCRDMA_MAX_SVC_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
+#endif
+
 #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.  */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 1ed4740ff0b5..3b4c2ff66a2f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct svc_xprt_class svc_rdma_class = {
 	.xcl_name = "rdma",
 	.xcl_owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.xcl_ops = &svc_rdma_ops,
-	.xcl_max_payload = RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA,
+	.xcl_max_payload = RPCRDMA_MAXPAYLOAD,
 	.xcl_ident = XPRT_TRANSPORT_RDMA,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 78e0b8beaa36..e60907b0e1f1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -487,10 +487,4 @@ extern struct kmem_cache *svc_rdma_ctxt_cachep;
 /* Workqueue created in svc_rdma.c */
 extern struct workqueue_struct *svc_rdma_wq;
 
-#if RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD < (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
-#define RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD
-#else
-#define RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS << PAGE_SHIFT)
-#endif
-
 #endif				/* _LINUX_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_H */