diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 413e3868fbf3..7166e7ecbe86 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static int __smc_buf_create(struct smc_sock *smc, bool is_rmb)
 		/* use socket send buffer size (w/o overhead) as start value */
 		sk_buf_size = smc->sk.sk_sndbuf / 2;
 
-	for (bufsize_short = smc_compress_bufsize(smc->sk.sk_sndbuf / 2);
+	for (bufsize_short = smc_compress_bufsize(sk_buf_size);
 	     bufsize_short >= 0; bufsize_short--) {
 
 		if (is_rmb) {