diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 4de62ea..40a5629a 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -934,9 +934,7 @@
 	int queued = 0, allocated_mr = 0;
 	int nonblock = msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	long timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, nonblock);
-	struct iov_iter from;
 
-	iov_iter_init(&from, WRITE, msg->msg_iov, msg->msg_iovlen, payload_len);
 	/* Mirror Linux UDP mirror of BSD error message compatibility */
 	/* XXX: Perhaps MSG_MORE someday */
 	if (msg->msg_flags & ~(MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)) {
@@ -984,7 +982,7 @@
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		ret = rds_message_copy_from_user(rm, &from);
+		ret = rds_message_copy_from_user(rm, &msg->msg_iter);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}