diff --git a/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c b/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
index 74dfb6496095..e1f659d3b4cf 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ struct smb_direct_transport {
 	struct work_struct	disconnect_work;
 
 	bool			negotiation_requested;
+
+	bool			legacy_iwarp;
+	u8			initiator_depth;
+	u8			responder_resources;
 };
 
 #define KSMBD_TRANS(t) ((struct ksmbd_transport *)&((t)->transport))
@@ -347,6 +351,9 @@ static struct smb_direct_transport *alloc_transport(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id)
 	t->cm_id = cm_id;
 	cm_id->context = t;
 
+	t->initiator_depth = SMB_DIRECT_CM_INITIATOR_DEPTH;
+	t->responder_resources = 1;
+
 	t->status = SMB_DIRECT_CS_NEW;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&t->wait_status);
 
@@ -1676,21 +1683,21 @@ static int smb_direct_send_negotiate_response(struct smb_direct_transport *t,
 static int smb_direct_accept_client(struct smb_direct_transport *t)
 {
 	struct rdma_conn_param conn_param;
-	struct ib_port_immutable port_immutable;
-	u32 ird_ord_hdr[2];
+	__be32 ird_ord_hdr[2];
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * smb_direct_handle_connect_request()
+	 * already negotiated t->initiator_depth
+	 * and t->responder_resources
+	 */
 	memset(&conn_param, 0, sizeof(conn_param));
-	conn_param.initiator_depth = min_t(u8, t->cm_id->device->attrs.max_qp_rd_atom,
-					   SMB_DIRECT_CM_INITIATOR_DEPTH);
-	conn_param.responder_resources = 0;
+	conn_param.initiator_depth = t->initiator_depth;
+	conn_param.responder_resources = t->responder_resources;
 
-	t->cm_id->device->ops.get_port_immutable(t->cm_id->device,
-						 t->cm_id->port_num,
-						 &port_immutable);
-	if (port_immutable.core_cap_flags & RDMA_CORE_PORT_IWARP) {
-		ird_ord_hdr[0] = conn_param.responder_resources;
-		ird_ord_hdr[1] = 1;
+	if (t->legacy_iwarp) {
+		ird_ord_hdr[0] = cpu_to_be32(conn_param.responder_resources);
+		ird_ord_hdr[1] = cpu_to_be32(conn_param.initiator_depth);
 		conn_param.private_data = ird_ord_hdr;
 		conn_param.private_data_len = sizeof(ird_ord_hdr);
 	} else {
@@ -2081,10 +2088,13 @@ static bool rdma_frwr_is_supported(struct ib_device_attr *attrs)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int smb_direct_handle_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *new_cm_id)
+static int smb_direct_handle_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *new_cm_id,
+					     struct rdma_cm_event *event)
 {
 	struct smb_direct_transport *t;
 	struct task_struct *handler;
+	u8 peer_initiator_depth;
+	u8 peer_responder_resources;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!rdma_frwr_is_supported(&new_cm_id->device->attrs)) {
@@ -2098,6 +2108,67 @@ static int smb_direct_handle_connect_request(struct rdma_cm_id *new_cm_id)
 	if (!t)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	peer_initiator_depth = event->param.conn.initiator_depth;
+	peer_responder_resources = event->param.conn.responder_resources;
+	if (rdma_protocol_iwarp(new_cm_id->device, new_cm_id->port_num) &&
+	    event->param.conn.private_data_len == 8) {
+		/*
+		 * Legacy clients with only iWarp MPA v1 support
+		 * need a private blob in order to negotiate
+		 * the IRD/ORD values.
+		 */
+		const __be32 *ird_ord_hdr = event->param.conn.private_data;
+		u32 ird32 = be32_to_cpu(ird_ord_hdr[0]);
+		u32 ord32 = be32_to_cpu(ird_ord_hdr[1]);
+
+		/*
+		 * cifs.ko sends the legacy IRD/ORD negotiation
+		 * event if iWarp MPA v2 was used.
+		 *
+		 * Here we check that the values match and only
+		 * mark the client as legacy if they don't match.
+		 */
+		if ((u32)event->param.conn.initiator_depth != ird32 ||
+		    (u32)event->param.conn.responder_resources != ord32) {
+			/*
+			 * There are broken clients (old cifs.ko)
+			 * using little endian and also
+			 * struct rdma_conn_param only uses u8
+			 * for initiator_depth and responder_resources,
+			 * so we truncate the value to U8_MAX.
+			 *
+			 * smb_direct_accept_client() will then
+			 * do the real negotiation in order to
+			 * select the minimum between client and
+			 * server.
+			 */
+			ird32 = min_t(u32, ird32, U8_MAX);
+			ord32 = min_t(u32, ord32, U8_MAX);
+
+			t->legacy_iwarp = true;
+			peer_initiator_depth = (u8)ird32;
+			peer_responder_resources = (u8)ord32;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * First set what the we as server are able to support
+	 */
+	t->initiator_depth = min_t(u8, t->initiator_depth,
+				   new_cm_id->device->attrs.max_qp_rd_atom);
+
+	/*
+	 * negotiate the value by using the minimum
+	 * between client and server if the client provided
+	 * non 0 values.
+	 */
+	if (peer_initiator_depth != 0)
+		t->initiator_depth = min_t(u8, t->initiator_depth,
+					   peer_initiator_depth);
+	if (peer_responder_resources != 0)
+		t->responder_resources = min_t(u8, t->responder_resources,
+					       peer_responder_resources);
+
 	ret = smb_direct_connect(t);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -2122,7 +2193,7 @@ static int smb_direct_listen_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id,
 {
 	switch (event->event) {
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_CONNECT_REQUEST: {
-		int ret = smb_direct_handle_connect_request(cm_id);
+		int ret = smb_direct_handle_connect_request(cm_id, event);
 
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_err("Can't create transport: %d\n", ret);