diff --git a/net/rds/ib_cm.c b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
index 3134336ca17d..8b0c743c0900 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_cm.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
@@ -111,11 +111,21 @@ void rds_ib_cm_connect_complete(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rdma_cm_even
 		}
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_NOTICE "RDS/IB: connected to %pI4 version %u.%u%s\n",
-			&conn->c_faddr,
-			RDS_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(conn->c_version),
-			RDS_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->c_version),
-			ic->i_flowctl ? ", flow control" : "");
+	if (conn->c_version < RDS_PROTOCOL(3,1)) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "RDS/IB: Connection to %pI4 version %u.%u failed,"
+		       " no longer supported\n",
+		       &conn->c_faddr,
+		       RDS_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(conn->c_version),
+		       RDS_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->c_version));
+		rds_conn_destroy(conn);
+		return;
+	} else {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "RDS/IB: connected to %pI4 version %u.%u%s\n",
+		       &conn->c_faddr,
+		       RDS_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(conn->c_version),
+		       RDS_PROTOCOL_MINOR(conn->c_version),
+		       ic->i_flowctl ? ", flow control" : "");
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Init rings and fill recv. this needs to wait until protocol negotiation
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_recv.c b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
index e294d00abc80..a68a3a721c6c 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
@@ -557,47 +557,6 @@ u64 rds_ib_piggyb_ack(struct rds_ib_connection *ic)
 	return rds_ib_get_ack(ic);
 }
 
-static struct rds_header *rds_ib_get_header(struct rds_connection *conn,
-					    struct rds_ib_recv_work *recv,
-					    u32 data_len)
-{
-	struct rds_ib_connection *ic = conn->c_transport_data;
-	void *hdr_buff = &ic->i_recv_hdrs[recv - ic->i_recvs];
-	void *addr;
-	u32 misplaced_hdr_bytes;
-
-	/*
-	 * Support header at the front (RDS 3.1+) as well as header-at-end.
-	 *
-	 * Cases:
-	 * 1) header all in header buff (great!)
-	 * 2) header all in data page (copy all to header buff)
-	 * 3) header split across hdr buf + data page
-	 *    (move bit in hdr buff to end before copying other bit from data page)
-	 */
-	if (conn->c_version > RDS_PROTOCOL_3_0 || data_len == RDS_FRAG_SIZE)
-	        return hdr_buff;
-
-	if (data_len <= (RDS_FRAG_SIZE - sizeof(struct rds_header))) {
-		addr = kmap_atomic(recv->r_frag->f_page, KM_SOFTIRQ0);
-		memcpy(hdr_buff,
-		       addr + recv->r_frag->f_offset + data_len,
-		       sizeof(struct rds_header));
-		kunmap_atomic(addr, KM_SOFTIRQ0);
-		return hdr_buff;
-	}
-
-	misplaced_hdr_bytes = (sizeof(struct rds_header) - (RDS_FRAG_SIZE - data_len));
-
-	memmove(hdr_buff + misplaced_hdr_bytes, hdr_buff, misplaced_hdr_bytes);
-
-	addr = kmap_atomic(recv->r_frag->f_page, KM_SOFTIRQ0);
-	memcpy(hdr_buff, addr + recv->r_frag->f_offset + data_len,
-	       sizeof(struct rds_header) - misplaced_hdr_bytes);
-	kunmap_atomic(addr, KM_SOFTIRQ0);
-	return hdr_buff;
-}
-
 /*
  * It's kind of lame that we're copying from the posted receive pages into
  * long-lived bitmaps.  We could have posted the bitmaps and rdma written into
@@ -710,7 +669,7 @@ static void rds_ib_process_recv(struct rds_connection *conn,
 	}
 	data_len -= sizeof(struct rds_header);
 
-	ihdr = rds_ib_get_header(conn, recv, data_len);
+	ihdr = &ic->i_recv_hdrs[recv - ic->i_recvs];
 
 	/* Validate the checksum. */
 	if (!rds_message_verify_checksum(ihdr)) {