diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h
index a7da6bf56610..cfda6adcf33c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/rpc_rdma.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 #define RPCRDMA_VERSION		1
 #define rpcrdma_version		cpu_to_be32(RPCRDMA_VERSION)
 
+enum {
+	RPCRDMA_V1_DEF_INLINE_SIZE	= 1024,
+};
+
 struct rpcrdma_segment {
 	__be32 rs_handle;	/* Registered memory handle */
 	__be32 rs_length;	/* Length of the chunk in bytes */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/fmr_ops.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/fmr_ops.c
index 21cb3b150b37..16690a1b653e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/fmr_ops.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/fmr_ops.c
@@ -160,9 +160,8 @@ static int
 fmr_op_open(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia, struct rpcrdma_ep *ep,
 	    struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *cdata)
 {
-	rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(ia, cdata, max_t(unsigned int, 1,
-						      RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS /
-						      RPCRDMA_MAX_FMR_SGES));
+	ia->ri_max_segs = max_t(unsigned int, 1, RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS /
+				RPCRDMA_MAX_FMR_SGES);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
index 892b5e1d9b09..fcfcf3ac030c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c
@@ -242,9 +242,8 @@ frwr_op_open(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia, struct rpcrdma_ep *ep,
 					       depth;
 	}
 
-	rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(ia, cdata, max_t(unsigned int, 1,
-						      RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS /
-						      ia->ri_max_frmr_depth));
+	ia->ri_max_segs = max_t(unsigned int, 1, RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS /
+				ia->ri_max_frmr_depth);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index c2906e314287..ea734c2c7ddb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -118,10 +118,12 @@ static unsigned int rpcrdma_max_reply_header_size(unsigned int maxsegs)
 	return size;
 }
 
-void rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
-				  struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *cdata,
-				  unsigned int maxsegs)
+void rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt)
 {
+	struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *cdata = &r_xprt->rx_data;
+	struct rpcrdma_ia *ia = &r_xprt->rx_ia;
+	unsigned int maxsegs = ia->ri_max_segs;
+
 	ia->ri_max_inline_write = cdata->inline_wsize -
 				  rpcrdma_max_call_header_size(maxsegs);
 	ia->ri_max_inline_read = cdata->inline_rsize -
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index a49c788aa59a..6bab8416a4fc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -204,6 +204,33 @@ out_fail:
 	goto out_schedule;
 }
 
+static void
+rpcrdma_update_connect_private(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt,
+			       struct rdma_conn_param *param)
+{
+	struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *cdata = &r_xprt->rx_data;
+	const struct rpcrdma_connect_private *pmsg = param->private_data;
+	unsigned int rsize, wsize;
+
+	rsize = RPCRDMA_V1_DEF_INLINE_SIZE;
+	wsize = RPCRDMA_V1_DEF_INLINE_SIZE;
+
+	if (pmsg &&
+	    pmsg->cp_magic == rpcrdma_cmp_magic &&
+	    pmsg->cp_version == RPCRDMA_CMP_VERSION) {
+		rsize = rpcrdma_decode_buffer_size(pmsg->cp_send_size);
+		wsize = rpcrdma_decode_buffer_size(pmsg->cp_recv_size);
+	}
+
+	if (rsize < cdata->inline_rsize)
+		cdata->inline_rsize = rsize;
+	if (wsize < cdata->inline_wsize)
+		cdata->inline_wsize = wsize;
+	pr_info("rpcrdma: max send %u, max recv %u\n",
+		cdata->inline_wsize, cdata->inline_rsize);
+	rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(r_xprt);
+}
+
 static int
 rpcrdma_conn_upcall(struct rdma_cm_id *id, struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 {
@@ -244,6 +271,7 @@ rpcrdma_conn_upcall(struct rdma_cm_id *id, struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 			" (%d initiator)\n",
 			__func__, attr->max_dest_rd_atomic,
 			attr->max_rd_atomic);
+		rpcrdma_update_connect_private(xprt, &event->param.conn);
 		goto connected;
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_ERROR:
 		connstate = -ENOTCONN;
@@ -454,6 +482,7 @@ int
 rpcrdma_ep_create(struct rpcrdma_ep *ep, struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 				struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *cdata)
 {
+	struct rpcrdma_connect_private *pmsg = &ep->rep_cm_private;
 	struct ib_cq *sendcq, *recvcq;
 	unsigned int max_qp_wr;
 	int rc;
@@ -536,9 +565,14 @@ rpcrdma_ep_create(struct rpcrdma_ep *ep, struct rpcrdma_ia *ia,
 	/* Initialize cma parameters */
 	memset(&ep->rep_remote_cma, 0, sizeof(ep->rep_remote_cma));
 
-	/* RPC/RDMA does not use private data */
-	ep->rep_remote_cma.private_data = NULL;
-	ep->rep_remote_cma.private_data_len = 0;
+	/* Prepare RDMA-CM private message */
+	pmsg->cp_magic = rpcrdma_cmp_magic;
+	pmsg->cp_version = RPCRDMA_CMP_VERSION;
+	pmsg->cp_flags = 0;
+	pmsg->cp_send_size = rpcrdma_encode_buffer_size(cdata->inline_wsize);
+	pmsg->cp_recv_size = rpcrdma_encode_buffer_size(cdata->inline_rsize);
+	ep->rep_remote_cma.private_data = pmsg;
+	ep->rep_remote_cma.private_data_len = sizeof(*pmsg);
 
 	/* Client offers RDMA Read but does not initiate */
 	ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth = 0;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
index 9aabca68c49d..89df1680b1eb 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/xprt_rdma.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_ia {
 	struct ib_pd		*ri_pd;
 	struct completion	ri_done;
 	int			ri_async_rc;
+	unsigned int		ri_max_segs;
 	unsigned int		ri_max_frmr_depth;
 	unsigned int		ri_max_inline_write;
 	unsigned int		ri_max_inline_read;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ struct rpcrdma_ep {
 	int			rep_connected;
 	struct ib_qp_init_attr	rep_attr;
 	wait_queue_head_t 	rep_connect_wait;
+	struct rpcrdma_connect_private	rep_cm_private;
 	struct rdma_conn_param	rep_remote_cma;
 	struct sockaddr_storage	rep_remote_addr;
 	struct delayed_work	rep_connect_worker;
@@ -523,9 +525,7 @@ void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *);
  * RPC/RDMA protocol calls - xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
  */
 int rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpc_rqst *);
-void rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(struct rpcrdma_ia *,
-				  struct rpcrdma_create_data_internal *,
-				  unsigned int);
+void rpcrdma_set_max_header_sizes(struct rpcrdma_xprt *);
 
 /* RPC/RDMA module init - xprtrdma/transport.c
  */