diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 436d229..dc4a826 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
 	page_base = xdrbuf->page_base & ~PAGE_MASK;
 	p = 0;
 	while (len && n < nsegs) {
+		if (!ppages[p]) {
+			/* alloc the pagelist for receiving buffer */
+			ppages[p] = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (!ppages[p])
+				return 0;
+		}
 		seg[n].mr_page = ppages[p];
 		seg[n].mr_offset = (void *)(unsigned long) page_base;
 		seg[n].mr_len = min_t(u32, PAGE_SIZE - page_base, len);