ep->rep_remote_cma.private_data_len = 0;
 
        /* Client offers RDMA Read but does not initiate */
-       switch (ia->ri_memreg_strategy) {
-       case RPCRDMA_BOUNCEBUFFERS:
+       ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth = 0;
+       if (ia->ri_memreg_strategy == RPCRDMA_BOUNCEBUFFERS)
                ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = 0;
-               break;
-       case RPCRDMA_MTHCAFMR:
-       case RPCRDMA_REGISTER:
-       case RPCRDMA_FRMR:
-               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = cdata->max_requests *
-                               (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS / 8);
-               break;
-       case RPCRDMA_MEMWINDOWS:
-       case RPCRDMA_MEMWINDOWS_ASYNC:
-#if RPCRDMA_PERSISTENT_REGISTRATION
-       case RPCRDMA_ALLPHYSICAL:
-#endif
-               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = cdata->max_requests *
-                               (RPCRDMA_MAX_DATA_SEGS / 2);
-               break;
-       default:
-               break;
-       }
-       if (ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources > devattr.max_qp_rd_atom)
+       else if (devattr.max_qp_rd_atom > 32)   /* arbitrary but <= 255 */
+               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = 32;
+       else
                ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = devattr.max_qp_rd_atom;
-       ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth = 0;
 
        ep->rep_remote_cma.retry_count = 7;
        ep->rep_remote_cma.flow_control = 0;
        }
 }
 
-       /* Theoretically a client initiator_depth > 0 is not needed,
-        * but many peers fail to complete the connection unless they
-        * == responder_resources! */
-       if (ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth !=
-                               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources)
-               ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth =
-                       ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources;
-
        ep->rep_connected = 0;
 
        rc = rdma_connect(ia->ri_id, &ep->rep_remote_cma);
        if (ep->rep_connected <= 0) {
                /* Sometimes, the only way to reliably connect to remote
                 * CMs is to use same nonzero values for ORD and IRD. */
-               ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth =
-                                       ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources;
-               if (ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth == 0)
-                       ++ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth;
-               if (ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources == 0)
-                       ++ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources;
-               if (retry_count++ == 0)
+               if (retry_count++ <= RDMA_CONNECT_RETRY_MAX + 1 &&
+                   (ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources == 0 ||
+                    ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth !=
+                               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources)) {
+                       if (ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources == 0)
+                               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources = 1;
+                       ep->rep_remote_cma.initiator_depth =
+                               ep->rep_remote_cma.responder_resources;
                        goto retry;
+               }
                rc = ep->rep_connected;
        } else {
                dprintk("RPC:       %s: connected\n", __func__);