diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index d4d816036c040..2ff730335a56c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -693,9 +693,10 @@ static int svc_udp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		.msg_name	= &rqstp->rq_addr,
 		.msg_namelen	= rqstp->rq_addrlen,
 		.msg_control	= cmh,
+		.msg_flags	= MSG_SPLICE_PAGES,
 		.msg_controllen	= sizeof(buffer),
 	};
-	unsigned int sent;
+	unsigned int count;
 	int err;
 
 	svc_udp_release_ctxt(xprt, rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt);
@@ -708,22 +709,23 @@ static int svc_udp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (svc_xprt_is_dead(xprt))
 		goto out_notconn;
 
-	err = xdr_alloc_bvec(xdr, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	count = xdr_buf_to_bvec(rqstp->rq_bvec,
+				ARRAY_SIZE(rqstp->rq_bvec), xdr);
 
-	err = xprt_sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, xdr, 0, 0, &sent);
+	iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, rqstp->rq_bvec,
+		      count, 0);
+	err = sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg);
 	if (err == -ECONNREFUSED) {
 		/* ICMP error on earlier request. */
-		err = xprt_sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, xdr, 0, 0, &sent);
+		iov_iter_bvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_SOURCE, rqstp->rq_bvec,
+			      count, 0);
+		err = sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg);
 	}
-	xdr_free_bvec(xdr);
+
 	trace_svcsock_udp_send(xprt, err);
-out_unlock:
+
 	mutex_unlock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-	return sent;
+	return err;
 
 out_notconn:
 	mutex_unlock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);