diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index 9882cebfcad60ac46b2267b0a59a8bb4e278617f..51f1c50c917787d4c6d72d61e6874f738115c1eb 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ static int __rds_rdma_map(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_get_mr_args *args,
 			put_page(sg_page(&sg[i]));
 		kfree(sg);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans_private);
+		/* Trigger connection so that its ready for the next retry */
+		if (ret == -ENODEV && cp)
+			rds_conn_connect_if_down(cp->cp_conn);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 26e2c2305f7aaf4be9c49e41e4a4c932d8141843..c856e6c963af9bede8511d2f3dc20957a98e3f74 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -1300,12 +1300,8 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t payload_len)
 
 	/* Parse any control messages the user may have included. */
 	ret = rds_cmsg_send(rs, rm, msg, &allocated_mr, &vct);
-	if (ret) {
-		/* Trigger connection so that its ready for the next retry */
-		if (ret ==  -EAGAIN)
-			rds_conn_connect_if_down(conn);
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	if (rm->rdma.op_active && !conn->c_trans->xmit_rdma) {
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE "rdma_op %p conn xmit_rdma %p\n",