diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index ed34dc0f144cce537fce51dcba5bb12fe0b6df1c..a3f2ab283aeba38b26514dd9eb0e948c71a9ee7e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -1408,11 +1408,7 @@ void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: reply %p completes request %p (xid 0x%08x)\n",
 		__func__, rep, req, be32_to_cpu(rep->rr_xid));
 
-	if (list_empty(&req->rl_registered) &&
-	    !test_bit(RPCRDMA_REQ_F_TX_RESOURCES, &req->rl_flags))
-		rpcrdma_complete_rqst(rep);
-	else
-		queue_work(rpcrdma_receive_wq, &rep->rr_work);
+	queue_work_on(req->rl_cpu, rpcrdma_receive_wq, &rep->rr_work);
 	return;
 
 out_badstatus:
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index 646c24494ea7eba7fb2a2296ba6339e8dbf8f31e..6ee1ad8978f3b2977de2798d1a76ded1af6f78c4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/addr.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include "xprt_rdma.h"
 
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ xprt_rdma_allocate(struct rpc_task *task)
 		task->tk_pid, __func__, rqst->rq_callsize,
 		rqst->rq_rcvsize, req);
 
+	req->rl_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	req->rl_connect_cookie = 0;	/* our reserved value */
 	rpcrdma_set_xprtdata(rqst, req);
 	rqst->rq_buffer = req->rl_sendbuf->rg_base;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 710b3f77db82869cd23abb90ea308ca67beef2bf..8607c029c0dd820250f4547c68bda41b7daca313 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ rpcrdma_alloc_wq(void)
 	struct workqueue_struct *recv_wq;
 
 	recv_wq = alloc_workqueue("xprtrdma_receive",
-				  WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI,
+				  WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI,
 				  0);
 	if (!recv_wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 51686d9eac5f992d9d23d674f94df0e77f58bb72..1342f743f1c41acae0145a49962825aa1574311c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ enum {
 struct rpcrdma_buffer;
 struct rpcrdma_req {
 	struct list_head	rl_list;
+	int			rl_cpu;
 	unsigned int		rl_connect_cookie;
 	struct rpcrdma_buffer	*rl_buffer;
 	struct rpcrdma_rep	*rl_reply;