diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 2b4b1276d4e8..d9cda1e53a01 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1557,9 +1557,11 @@ out_drop:
  */
 void svc_process_bc(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
+	struct rpc_timeout timeout = {
+		.to_increment		= 0,
+	};
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 	int proc_error;
-	struct rpc_timeout timeout;
 
 	/* Build the svc_rqst used by the common processing routine */
 	rqstp->rq_xid = req->rq_xid;
@@ -1612,6 +1614,7 @@ void svc_process_bc(struct rpc_rqst *req, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		timeout.to_initval = req->rq_xprt->timeout->to_initval;
 		timeout.to_retries = req->rq_xprt->timeout->to_retries;
 	}
+	timeout.to_maxval = timeout.to_initval;
 	memcpy(&req->rq_snd_buf, &rqstp->rq_res, sizeof(req->rq_snd_buf));
 	task = rpc_run_bc_task(req, &timeout);