diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
index 8920f2a83327..4e37c1cbe8b2 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ int rds_cmsg_rdma_args(struct rds_sock *rs, struct rds_message *rm,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (args->nr_local > (u64)UINT_MAX) {
+	if (args->nr_local > UIO_MAXIOV) {
 		ret = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto out;
 	}