diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 16fd3f6718ff..af408fc12634 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,8 @@ int svc_rdma_send(struct svcxprt_rdma *xprt, struct ib_send_wr *wr)
 			wait_event(xprt->sc_send_wait,
 				   atomic_read(&xprt->sc_sq_count) <
 				   xprt->sc_sq_depth);
+			if (test_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->sc_xprt.xpt_flags))
+				return 0;
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* Bumped used SQ WR count and post */