diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 2a30775..2c373d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ struct svc_deferred_req {
 	union svc_addr_u	daddr;	/* where reply must come from */
 	struct cache_deferred_req handle;
 	size_t			xprt_hlen;
+	int			reserved_space;
 	int			argslen;
 	__be32			args[0];
 };
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index c200d92..daa1f27 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ static void svc_thread_dequeue(struct svc_pool
*pool, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
  */
 void svc_xprt_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 {
-	struct svc_serv	*serv = xprt->xpt_server;
 	struct svc_pool *pool;
 	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
 	int cpu;
@@ -376,8 +375,6 @@ void svc_xprt_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 				rqstp, rqstp->rq_xprt);
 		rqstp->rq_xprt = xprt;
 		svc_xprt_get(xprt);
-		rqstp->rq_reserved = serv->sv_max_mesg;
-		atomic_add(rqstp->rq_reserved, &xprt->xpt_reserved);
 		rqstp->rq_waking = 1;
 		pool->sp_nwaking++;
 		pool->sp_stats.threads_woken++;
@@ -657,8 +654,6 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 	if (xprt) {
 		rqstp->rq_xprt = xprt;
 		svc_xprt_get(xprt);
-		rqstp->rq_reserved = serv->sv_max_mesg;
-		atomic_add(rqstp->rq_reserved, &xprt->xpt_reserved);
 	} else {
 		/* No data pending. Go to sleep */
 		svc_thread_enqueue(pool, rqstp);
@@ -741,6 +736,8 @@ int svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, long timeout)
 		dprintk("svc: server %p, pool %u, transport %p, inuse=%d\n",
 			rqstp, pool->sp_id, xprt,
 			atomic_read(&xprt->xpt_ref.refcount));
+		rqstp->rq_reserved = serv->sv_max_mesg;
+		atomic_add(rqstp->rq_reserved, &xprt->xpt_reserved);
 		rqstp->rq_deferred = svc_deferred_dequeue(xprt);
 		if (rqstp->rq_deferred) {
 			svc_xprt_received(xprt);
@@ -1006,6 +1003,8 @@ static struct cache_deferred_req *svc_defer(struct
cache_req *req)
 	}
 	svc_xprt_get(rqstp->rq_xprt);
 	dr->xprt = rqstp->rq_xprt;
+	dr->reserved_space = rqstp->rq_reserved;
+	svc_reserve(rqstp, 0);
 
 	dr->handle.revisit = svc_revisit;
 	return &dr->handle;
@@ -1018,6 +1017,7 @@ static int svc_deferred_recv(struct svc_rqst
*rqstp)
 {
 	struct svc_deferred_req *dr = rqstp->rq_deferred;
 
+	svc_reserve(rqstp, dr->reserved_space);
 	/* setup iov_base past transport header */
 	rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base = dr->args + (dr->xprt_hlen>>2);
 	/* The iov_len does not include the transport header bytes */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 4837442..eed978e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static void svc_sock_setbufsize(struct socket *sock,
unsigned int snd,
 	lock_sock(sock->sk);
 	sock->sk->sk_sndbuf = snd * 2;
 	sock->sk->sk_rcvbuf = rcv * 2;
+	sock->sk->sk_write_space(sock->sk);
 	release_sock(sock->sk);
 #endif