diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 935bbef2f7be..453bacc99907 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static unsigned int rpcrdma_max_call_header_size(unsigned int maxsegs)
 	size = RPCRDMA_HDRLEN_MIN;
 
 	/* Maximum Read list size */
-	size = maxsegs * rpcrdma_readchunk_maxsz * sizeof(__be32);
+	size += maxsegs * rpcrdma_readchunk_maxsz * sizeof(__be32);
 
 	/* Minimal Read chunk size */
 	size += sizeof(__be32);	/* segment count */
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static unsigned int rpcrdma_max_reply_header_size(unsigned int maxsegs)
 	size = RPCRDMA_HDRLEN_MIN;
 
 	/* Maximum Write list size */
-	size = sizeof(__be32);		/* segment count */
+	size += sizeof(__be32);		/* segment count */
 	size += maxsegs * rpcrdma_segment_maxsz * sizeof(__be32);
 	size += sizeof(__be32);	/* list discriminator */