diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index b2fccfc20769..ad2e46947c8a 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ int rds_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int queued = 0, allocated_mr = 0;
 	int nonblock = msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
-	long timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, nonblock);
+	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, nonblock);
 
 	/* Mirror Linux UDP mirror of BSD error message compatibility */
 	/* XXX: Perhaps MSG_MORE someday */