diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3adfac3506a6..f687fd19e633 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5f068992a1bccda5574b4f6d33458ef806686d7f
+refs/heads/master: 47f2bce9021b4974ed33b072ebb8348c8145c946
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index a3645303cb99..ee9fe226ae99 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -802,13 +802,21 @@ static int srp_post_recv(struct srp_target_port *target)
 
 /*
  * Must be called with target->scsi_host->host_lock held to protect
- * req_lim and tx_head.
+ * req_lim and tx_head.  Lock cannot be dropped between call here and
+ * call to __srp_post_send().
  */
 static struct srp_iu *__srp_get_tx_iu(struct srp_target_port *target)
 {
 	if (target->tx_head - target->tx_tail >= SRP_SQ_SIZE)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (unlikely(target->req_lim < 1)) {
+		if (printk_ratelimit())
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG PFX "Target has req_lim %d\n",
+			       target->req_lim);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return target->tx_ring[target->tx_head & SRP_SQ_SIZE];
 }
 
@@ -823,11 +831,6 @@ static int __srp_post_send(struct srp_target_port *target,
 	struct ib_send_wr wr, *bad_wr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (target->req_lim < 1) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Target has req_lim %d\n", target->req_lim);
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	}
-
 	list.addr   = iu->dma;
 	list.length = len;
 	list.lkey   = target->srp_host->mr->lkey;