diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/transport_rdma.c b/fs/ksmbd/transport_rdma.c
index 35b55ee94fe5..494b8e5af4b3 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/transport_rdma.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/transport_rdma.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 /* SMB_DIRECT negotiation timeout in seconds */
 #define SMB_DIRECT_NEGOTIATE_TIMEOUT		120
 
-#define SMB_DIRECT_MAX_SEND_SGES		8
+#define SMB_DIRECT_MAX_SEND_SGES		6
 #define SMB_DIRECT_MAX_RECV_SGES		1
 
 /*