diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index f72466c63f0c..23f2d81e7967 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
  * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
@@ -986,10 +986,15 @@ static int rds_send_mprds_hash(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_connection *conn)
 	if (conn->c_npaths == 0 && hash != 0) {
 		rds_send_ping(conn, 0);
 
-		if (conn->c_npaths == 0) {
-			wait_event_interruptible(conn->c_hs_waitq,
-						 (conn->c_npaths != 0));
-		}
+		/* The underlying connection is not up yet.  Need to wait
+		 * until it is up to be sure that the non-zero c_path can be
+		 * used.  But if we are interrupted, we have to use the zero
+		 * c_path in case the connection ends up being non-MP capable.
+		 */
+		if (conn->c_npaths == 0)
+			if (wait_event_interruptible(conn->c_hs_waitq,
+						     conn->c_npaths != 0))
+				hash = 0;
 		if (conn->c_npaths == 1)
 			hash = 0;
 	}