diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
index 969a1ab75fc3..bad5eaa9f812 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_sendto.c
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@ static int send_write_chunks(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt,
 						arg_ch->rs_handle,
 						arg_ch->rs_offset,
 						write_len);
+
+		/* Do not send XDR pad bytes */
+		if (chunk_no && write_len < 4) {
+			chunk_no++;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		chunk_off = 0;
 		while (write_len) {
 			ret = send_write(xprt, rqstp,