diff --git a/net/rds/af_rds.c b/net/rds/af_rds.c
index 853c52b..937ecda 100644
--- a/net/rds/af_rds.c
+++ b/net/rds/af_rds.c
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@
 
 	poll_wait(file, sk->sk_sleep, wait);
 
-	poll_wait(file, &rds_poll_waitq, wait);
+	if (rs->rs_seen_congestion)
+		poll_wait(file, &rds_poll_waitq, wait);
 
 	read_lock_irqsave(&rs->rs_recv_lock, flags);
 	if (!rs->rs_cong_monitor) {
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@
 		mask |= (POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM);
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&rs->rs_recv_lock, flags);
 
+	/* clear state any time we wake a seen-congested socket */
+	if (mask)
+		rs->rs_seen_congestion = 0;
+
 	return mask;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/rds/rds.h b/net/rds/rds.h
index 85d6f89..4bec6e2 100644
--- a/net/rds/rds.h
+++ b/net/rds/rds.h
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@
 
 	/* flag indicating we were congested or not */
 	int			rs_congested;
+	/* seen congestion (ENOBUFS) when sending? */
+	int			rs_seen_congestion;
 
 	/* rs_lock protects all these adjacent members before the newline */
 	spinlock_t		rs_lock;
diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 192a480..51e2def 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -894,8 +894,10 @@
 		queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_conn_w, 0);
 
 	ret = rds_cong_wait(conn->c_fcong, dport, nonblock, rs);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		rs->rs_seen_congestion = 1;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	while (!rds_send_queue_rm(rs, conn, rm, rs->rs_bound_port,
 				  dport, &queued)) {