diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 3fa5751af0ec..4e6bbf91a570 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -678,7 +678,10 @@ static struct svc_xprt *svc_rdma_create(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	int ret;
 
 	dprintk("svcrdma: Creating RDMA socket\n");
-
+	if (sa->sa_family != AF_INET) {
+		dprintk("svcrdma: Address family %d is not supported.\n", sa->sa_family);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT);
+	}
 	cma_xprt = rdma_create_xprt(serv, 1);
 	if (!cma_xprt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);