diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
index e27433f08ca7..50bf62f85166 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_rw.c
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ svc_rdma_build_writes(struct svc_rdma_write_info *info,
 		unsigned int write_len;
 		u64 offset;
 
-		seg = &info->wi_chunk->ch_segments[info->wi_seg_no];
-		if (!seg)
+		if (info->wi_seg_no >= info->wi_chunk->ch_segcount)
 			goto out_overflow;
 
+		seg = &info->wi_chunk->ch_segments[info->wi_seg_no];
 		write_len = min(remaining, seg->rs_length - info->wi_seg_off);
 		if (!write_len)
 			goto out_overflow;