diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
index de0bdb6b729f..ce55361a822f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
@@ -126,14 +126,15 @@ int frwr_mr_init(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpcrdma_mr *mr)
 	struct ib_mr *frmr;
 	int rc;
 
+	sg = kcalloc_node(depth, sizeof(*sg), XPRTRDMA_GFP_FLAGS,
+			  ibdev_to_node(ep->re_id->device));
+	if (!sg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	frmr = ib_alloc_mr(ep->re_pd, ep->re_mrtype, depth);
 	if (IS_ERR(frmr))
 		goto out_mr_err;
 
-	sg = kmalloc_array(depth, sizeof(*sg), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sg)
-		goto out_list_err;
-
 	mr->mr_xprt = r_xprt;
 	mr->mr_ibmr = frmr;
 	mr->mr_device = NULL;
@@ -146,13 +147,9 @@ int frwr_mr_init(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt, struct rpcrdma_mr *mr)
 	return 0;
 
 out_mr_err:
-	rc = PTR_ERR(frmr);
+	kfree(sg);
 	trace_xprtrdma_frwr_alloc(mr, rc);
-	return rc;
-
-out_list_err:
-	ib_dereg_mr(frmr);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return PTR_ERR(frmr);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index 8fb10fc72f69..4a7b87e9e47c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -739,13 +739,16 @@ rpcrdma_mrs_create(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt)
 {
 	struct rpcrdma_buffer *buf = &r_xprt->rx_buf;
 	struct rpcrdma_ep *ep = r_xprt->rx_ep;
+	struct ib_device *device = ep->re_id->device;
 	unsigned int count;
 
+	/* Try to allocate enough to perform one full-sized I/O */
 	for (count = 0; count < ep->re_max_rdma_segs; count++) {
 		struct rpcrdma_mr *mr;
 		int rc;
 
-		mr = kzalloc(sizeof(*mr), GFP_KERNEL);
+		mr = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*mr), XPRTRDMA_GFP_FLAGS,
+				  ibdev_to_node(device));
 		if (!mr)
 			break;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 227dce50cc4b..5e5ff6784ef5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ static inline void *rdmab_data(const struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb)
 	return rb->rg_data;
 }
 
+/* Do not use emergency memory reserves, and fail quickly if memory
+ * cannot be allocated easily. These flags may be used wherever there
+ * is robust logic to handle a failure to allocate.
+ */
+#define XPRTRDMA_GFP_FLAGS  (__GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN)
+
 /* To ensure a transport can always make forward progress,
  * the number of RDMA segments allowed in header chunk lists
  * is capped at 16. This prevents less-capable devices from