extern void svc_rdma_wc_read(struct ib_cq *, struct ib_wc *);
 extern void svc_rdma_wc_inv(struct ib_cq *, struct ib_wc *);
 extern int svc_rdma_send(struct svcxprt_rdma *, struct ib_send_wr *);
-extern int svc_rdma_post_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *, gfp_t);
-extern int svc_rdma_repost_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *, gfp_t);
 extern int svc_rdma_create_listen(struct svc_serv *, int, struct sockaddr *);
 extern struct svc_rdma_op_ctxt *svc_rdma_get_context(struct svcxprt_rdma *);
 extern void svc_rdma_put_context(struct svc_rdma_op_ctxt *, int);
 
        struct page *page;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = svc_rdma_repost_recv(xprt, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (ret)
-               return;
-
        page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!page)
                return;
                ret = svc_rdma_handle_bc_reply(xprt->xpt_bc_xprt, p,
                                               &rqstp->rq_arg);
                svc_rdma_put_context(ctxt, 0);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto repost;
                return ret;
        }
 
 
 out_drop:
        svc_rdma_put_context(ctxt, 1);
-repost:
-       return svc_rdma_repost_recv(rdma_xprt, GFP_KERNEL);
+       return 0;
 }
 
                svc_rdma_xdr_encode_reply_chunk(rdma_resp, rp_ch, ret);
        }
 
-       ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(rdma, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err1;
        ret = svc_rdma_send_reply_msg(rdma, rdma_argp, rdma_resp, rqstp,
                                      wr_lst, rp_ch);
        if (ret < 0)
        if (ret != -E2BIG && ret != -EINVAL)
                goto err1;
 
-       ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(rdma, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err1;
        ret = svc_rdma_send_error_msg(rdma, rdma_resp, rqstp);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err0;
 
 
 #define RPCDBG_FACILITY        RPCDBG_SVCXPRT
 
+static int svc_rdma_post_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt);
 static struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *, int);
 static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
                                        struct net *net,
        list_add_tail(&ctxt->list, &xprt->sc_rq_dto_q);
        spin_unlock(&xprt->sc_rq_dto_lock);
 
+       svc_rdma_post_recv(xprt);
+
        set_bit(XPT_DATA, &xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_flags);
        if (test_bit(RDMAXPRT_CONN_PENDING, &xprt->sc_flags))
                goto out;
        return cma_xprt;
 }
 
-int svc_rdma_post_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt, gfp_t flags)
+static int
+svc_rdma_post_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt)
 {
        struct ib_recv_wr recv_wr, *bad_recv_wr;
        struct svc_rdma_op_ctxt *ctxt;
                        pr_err("svcrdma: Too many sges (%d)\n", sge_no);
                        goto err_put_ctxt;
                }
-               page = alloc_page(flags);
+               page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!page)
                        goto err_put_ctxt;
                ctxt->pages[sge_no] = page;
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-int svc_rdma_repost_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt, gfp_t flags)
-{
-       int ret = 0;
-
-       ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(xprt, flags);
-       if (ret) {
-               pr_err("svcrdma: could not post a receive buffer, err=%d.\n",
-                      ret);
-               pr_err("svcrdma: closing transport %p.\n", xprt);
-               set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_flags);
-               ret = -ENOTCONN;
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
-
 static void
 svc_rdma_parse_connect_private(struct svcxprt_rdma *newxprt,
                               struct rdma_conn_param *param)
 
        /* Post receive buffers */
        for (i = 0; i < newxprt->sc_max_requests; i++) {
-               ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(newxprt, GFP_KERNEL);
+               ret = svc_rdma_post_recv(newxprt);
                if (ret) {
                        dprintk("svcrdma: failure posting receive buffers\n");
                        goto errout;