diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index 13af61b70417..d5ee6d8b7c58 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ 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.  */
@@ -187,6 +180,8 @@ struct svcxprt_rdma {
 #define RPCRDMA_MAX_REQUESTS    32
 #define RPCRDMA_MAX_REQ_SIZE    4096
 
+#define RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA	RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD
+
 /* svc_rdma_marshal.c */
 extern int svc_rdma_xdr_decode_req(struct rpcrdma_msg **, struct svc_rqst *);
 extern int svc_rdma_xdr_encode_error(struct svcxprt_rdma *,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 4054a9de6a91..21e40365042c 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 = RPCRDMA_MAXPAYLOAD,
+	.xcl_max_payload = RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD_RDMA,
 	.xcl_ident = XPRT_TRANSPORT_RDMA,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index f49dd8b38122..e718d0959af3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h> 		/* rpc_xprt */
 #include <linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h> 	/* RPC/RDMA protocol */
 #include <linux/sunrpc/xprtrdma.h> 	/* xprt parameters */
-#include <linux/sunrpc/svc.h>		/* RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD */
 
 #define RDMA_RESOLVE_TIMEOUT	(5000)	/* 5 seconds */
 #define RDMA_CONNECT_RETRY_MAX	(2)	/* retries if no listener backlog */