diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
index 1eb9b1294a63..dbfd854c32c9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rw.c
@@ -58,19 +58,13 @@ static inline bool rdma_rw_io_needs_mr(struct ib_device *dev, u8 port_num,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline u32 rdma_rw_max_sge(struct ib_device *dev,
-		enum dma_data_direction dir)
-{
-	return dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ?
-		dev->attrs.max_sge : dev->attrs.max_sge_rd;
-}
-
 static inline u32 rdma_rw_fr_page_list_len(struct ib_device *dev)
 {
 	/* arbitrary limit to avoid allocating gigantic resources */
 	return min_t(u32, dev->attrs.max_fast_reg_page_list_len, 256);
 }
 
+/* Caller must have zero-initialized *reg. */
 static int rdma_rw_init_one_mr(struct ib_qp *qp, u8 port_num,
 		struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *reg, struct scatterlist *sg,
 		u32 sg_cnt, u32 offset)
@@ -114,6 +108,7 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 		u8 port_num, struct scatterlist *sg, u32 sg_cnt, u32 offset,
 		u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
+	struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *prev = NULL;
 	u32 pages_per_mr = rdma_rw_fr_page_list_len(qp->pd->device);
 	int i, j, ret = 0, count = 0;
 
@@ -125,7 +120,6 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ctx->nr_ops; i++) {
-		struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *prev = i ? &ctx->reg[i - 1] : NULL;
 		struct rdma_rw_reg_ctx *reg = &ctx->reg[i];
 		u32 nents = min(sg_cnt, pages_per_mr);
 
@@ -162,9 +156,13 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_mr_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 		sg_cnt -= nents;
 		for (j = 0; j < nents; j++)
 			sg = sg_next(sg);
+		prev = reg;
 		offset = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (prev)
+		prev->wr.wr.next = NULL;
+
 	ctx->type = RDMA_RW_MR;
 	return count;
 
@@ -181,7 +179,8 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_map_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 		u64 remote_addr, u32 rkey, enum dma_data_direction dir)
 {
 	struct ib_device *dev = qp->pd->device;
-	u32 max_sge = rdma_rw_max_sge(dev, dir);
+	u32 max_sge = dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE ? qp->max_write_sge :
+		      qp->max_read_sge;
 	struct ib_sge *sge;
 	u32 total_len = 0, i, j;
 
@@ -205,11 +204,10 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_map_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 			rdma_wr->wr.opcode = IB_WR_RDMA_READ;
 		rdma_wr->remote_addr = remote_addr + total_len;
 		rdma_wr->rkey = rkey;
+		rdma_wr->wr.num_sge = nr_sge;
 		rdma_wr->wr.sg_list = sge;
 
 		for (j = 0; j < nr_sge; j++, sg = sg_next(sg)) {
-			rdma_wr->wr.num_sge++;
-
 			sge->addr = ib_sg_dma_address(dev, sg) + offset;
 			sge->length = ib_sg_dma_len(dev, sg) - offset;
 			sge->lkey = qp->pd->local_dma_lkey;
@@ -220,8 +218,8 @@ static int rdma_rw_init_map_wrs(struct rdma_rw_ctx *ctx, struct ib_qp *qp,
 			offset = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (i + 1 < ctx->nr_ops)
-			rdma_wr->wr.next = &ctx->map.wrs[i + 1].wr;
+		rdma_wr->wr.next = i + 1 < ctx->nr_ops ?
+			&ctx->map.wrs[i + 1].wr : NULL;
 	}
 
 	ctx->type = RDMA_RW_MULTI_WR;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index 6298f54b4137..e39a0b597234 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ struct ib_qp *ib_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Note: all hw drivers guarantee that max_send_sge is lower than
+	 * the device RDMA WRITE SGE limit but not all hw drivers ensure that
+	 * max_send_sge <= max_sge_rd.
+	 */
+	qp->max_write_sge = qp_init_attr->cap.max_send_sge;
+	qp->max_read_sge = min_t(u32, qp_init_attr->cap.max_send_sge,
+				 device->attrs.max_sge_rd);
+
 	return qp;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_create_qp);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index a990c04208c9..ba6be060a476 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ isert_create_qp(struct isert_conn *isert_conn,
 	attr.cap.max_recv_wr = ISERT_QP_MAX_RECV_DTOS + 1;
 	attr.cap.max_rdma_ctxs = ISCSI_DEF_XMIT_CMDS_MAX;
 	attr.cap.max_send_sge = device->ib_device->attrs.max_sge;
-	isert_conn->max_sge = min(device->ib_device->attrs.max_sge,
-				  device->ib_device->attrs.max_sge_rd);
 	attr.cap.max_recv_sge = 1;
 	attr.sq_sig_type = IB_SIGNAL_REQ_WR;
 	attr.qp_type = IB_QPT_RC;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.h
index e512ba941f2f..fc791efe3a10 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ struct isert_conn {
 	u32			responder_resources;
 	u32			initiator_depth;
 	bool			pi_support;
-	u32			max_sge;
 	struct iser_rx_desc	*login_req_buf;
 	char			*login_rsp_buf;
 	u64			login_req_dma;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
index 4a4155640d51..dfa23b075a88 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
@@ -1601,6 +1601,7 @@ static int srpt_create_ch_ib(struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch)
 	struct ib_qp_init_attr *qp_init;
 	struct srpt_port *sport = ch->sport;
 	struct srpt_device *sdev = sport->sdev;
+	const struct ib_device_attr *attrs = &sdev->device->attrs;
 	u32 srp_sq_size = sport->port_attrib.srp_sq_size;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1638,7 +1639,7 @@ retry:
 	 */
 	qp_init->cap.max_send_wr = srp_sq_size / 2;
 	qp_init->cap.max_rdma_ctxs = srp_sq_size / 2;
-	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE;
+	qp_init->cap.max_send_sge = min(attrs->max_sge, SRPT_MAX_SG_PER_WQE);
 	qp_init->port_num = ch->sport->port;
 
 	ch->qp = ib_create_qp(sdev->pd, qp_init);
@@ -2261,7 +2262,7 @@ static void srpt_queue_response(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		container_of(cmd, struct srpt_send_ioctx, cmd);
 	struct srpt_rdma_ch *ch = ioctx->ch;
 	struct srpt_device *sdev = ch->sport->sdev;
-	struct ib_send_wr send_wr, *first_wr = NULL, *bad_wr;
+	struct ib_send_wr send_wr, *first_wr = &send_wr, *bad_wr;
 	struct ib_sge sge;
 	enum srpt_command_state state;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -2302,11 +2303,8 @@ static void srpt_queue_response(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 			struct srpt_rw_ctx *ctx = &ioctx->rw_ctxs[i];
 
 			first_wr = rdma_rw_ctx_wrs(&ctx->rw, ch->qp,
-					ch->sport->port, NULL,
-					first_wr ? first_wr : &send_wr);
+					ch->sport->port, NULL, first_wr);
 		}
-	} else {
-		first_wr = &send_wr;
 	}
 
 	if (state != SRPT_STATE_MGMT)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
index 389030487da7..581878782854 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.h
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ enum {
 	SRP_LOGIN_RSP_MULTICHAN_MAINTAINED = 0x2,
 
 	SRPT_DEF_SG_TABLESIZE = 128,
-	SRPT_DEF_SG_PER_WQE = 16,
+	/*
+	 * An experimentally determined value that avoids that QP creation
+	 * fails due to "swiotlb buffer is full" on systems using the swiotlb.
+	 */
+	SRPT_MAX_SG_PER_WQE = 16,
 
 	MIN_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 16,
 	DEF_SRPT_SQ_SIZE = 4096,
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 7e440d41487a..e694f02d42e3 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -1428,6 +1428,10 @@ struct ib_srq {
 	} ext;
 };
 
+/*
+ * @max_write_sge: Maximum SGE elements per RDMA WRITE request.
+ * @max_read_sge:  Maximum SGE elements per RDMA READ request.
+ */
 struct ib_qp {
 	struct ib_device       *device;
 	struct ib_pd	       *pd;
@@ -1449,6 +1453,8 @@ struct ib_qp {
 	void                  (*event_handler)(struct ib_event *, void *);
 	void		       *qp_context;
 	u32			qp_num;
+	u32			max_write_sge;
+	u32			max_read_sge;
 	enum ib_qp_type		qp_type;
 };