diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
index fd78f78df5c6..3e3214cca447 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc_rdma.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ extern bool svc_rdma_post_recvs(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma);
 extern void svc_rdma_recv_ctxt_put(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				   struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *ctxt);
 extern void svc_rdma_flush_recv_queues(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma);
+extern void svc_rdma_release_rqst(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 extern int svc_rdma_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *);
 
 /* svc_rdma_rw.c */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 6cf0fd37cbf0..c8ee8e801edb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -878,9 +878,6 @@ int svc_send(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (!xprt)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* release the receive skb before sending the reply */
-	xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_release_rqst(rqstp);
-
 	/* calculate over-all length */
 	xb = &rqstp->rq_res;
 	xb->len = xb->head[0].iov_len +
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 8566531c2f10..d0b5a1c47a32 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ svc_udp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	int		error;
 
+	svc_release_udp_skb(rqstp);
+
 	error = svc_sendto(rqstp, &rqstp->rq_res);
 	if (error == -ECONNREFUSED)
 		/* ICMP error on earlier request. */
@@ -1173,6 +1175,8 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	int sent;
 	__be32 reclen;
 
+	svc_release_skb(rqstp);
+
 	/* Set up the first element of the reply kvec.
 	 * Any other kvecs that may be in use have been taken
 	 * care of by the server implementation itself.
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
index b24d5b8f2fee..16c8174658fd 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c
@@ -226,6 +226,26 @@ void svc_rdma_recv_ctxt_put(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 		svc_rdma_recv_ctxt_destroy(rdma, ctxt);
 }
 
+/**
+ * svc_rdma_release_rqst - Release transport-specific per-rqst resources
+ * @rqstp: svc_rqst being released
+ *
+ * Ensure that the recv_ctxt is released whether or not a Reply
+ * was sent. For example, the client could close the connection,
+ * or svc_process could drop an RPC, before the Reply is sent.
+ */
+void svc_rdma_release_rqst(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
+{
+	struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *ctxt = rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt;
+	struct svc_xprt *xprt = rqstp->rq_xprt;
+	struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma =
+		container_of(xprt, struct svcxprt_rdma, sc_xprt);
+
+	rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = NULL;
+	if (ctxt)
+		svc_rdma_recv_ctxt_put(rdma, ctxt);
+}
+
 static int __svc_rdma_post_recv(struct svcxprt_rdma *rdma,
 				struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
@@ -704,6 +724,8 @@ int svc_rdma_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	__be32 *p;
 	int ret;
 
+	rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = NULL;
+
 	spin_lock(&rdma_xprt->sc_rq_dto_lock);
 	ctxt = svc_rdma_next_recv_ctxt(&rdma_xprt->sc_read_complete_q);
 	if (ctxt) {
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 840bd352ef6e..aa4d19a780d7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -908,12 +908,7 @@ int svc_rdma_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 				      wr_lst, rp_ch);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err1;
-	ret = 0;
-
-out:
-	rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = NULL;
-	svc_rdma_recv_ctxt_put(rdma, rctxt);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 
  err2:
 	if (ret != -E2BIG && ret != -EINVAL)
@@ -922,14 +917,12 @@ out:
 	ret = svc_rdma_send_error_msg(rdma, sctxt, rqstp);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err1;
-	ret = 0;
-	goto out;
+	return 0;
 
  err1:
 	svc_rdma_send_ctxt_put(rdma, sctxt);
  err0:
 	trace_svcrdma_send_failed(rqstp, ret);
 	set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags);
-	ret = -ENOTCONN;
-	goto out;
+	return -ENOTCONN;
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 7308992b7a18..f1824303e076 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 					struct sockaddr *sa, int salen,
 					int flags);
 static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
-static void svc_rdma_release_rqst(struct svc_rqst *);
 static void svc_rdma_detach(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
 static void svc_rdma_free(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
 static int svc_rdma_has_wspace(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
@@ -616,10 +615,6 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_accept(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void svc_rdma_release_rqst(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
-{
-}
-
 /*
  * When connected, an svc_xprt has at least two references:
  *