diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index c2752e2b9ce34..4404c491eb388 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,90 @@ static int svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	return 0;	/* record not complete */
 }
 
+static int svc_tcp_send_kvec(struct socket *sock, const struct kvec *vec,
+			      int flags)
+{
+	return kernel_sendpage(sock, virt_to_page(vec->iov_base),
+			       offset_in_page(vec->iov_base),
+			       vec->iov_len, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kernel_sendpage() is used exclusively to reduce the number of
+ * copy operations in this path. Therefore the caller must ensure
+ * that the pages backing @xdr are unchanging.
+ *
+ * In addition, the logic assumes that * .bv_len is never larger
+ * than PAGE_SIZE.
+ */
+static int svc_tcp_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
+			   struct xdr_buf *xdr, rpc_fraghdr marker,
+			   unsigned int *sentp)
+{
+	const struct kvec *head = xdr->head;
+	const struct kvec *tail = xdr->tail;
+	struct kvec rm = {
+		.iov_base	= &marker,
+		.iov_len	= sizeof(marker),
+	};
+	int flags, ret;
+
+	*sentp = 0;
+	xdr_alloc_bvec(xdr, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	msg->msg_flags = MSG_MORE;
+	ret = kernel_sendmsg(sock, msg, &rm, 1, rm.iov_len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	*sentp += ret;
+	if (ret != rm.iov_len)
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	flags = head->iov_len < xdr->len ? MSG_MORE | MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST : 0;
+	ret = svc_tcp_send_kvec(sock, head, flags);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	*sentp += ret;
+	if (ret != head->iov_len)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (xdr->page_len) {
+		unsigned int offset, len, remaining;
+		struct bio_vec *bvec;
+
+		bvec = xdr->bvec;
+		offset = xdr->page_base;
+		remaining = xdr->page_len;
+		flags = MSG_MORE | MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST;
+		while (remaining > 0) {
+			if (remaining <= PAGE_SIZE && tail->iov_len == 0)
+				flags = 0;
+			len = min(remaining, bvec->bv_len);
+			ret = kernel_sendpage(sock, bvec->bv_page,
+					      bvec->bv_offset + offset,
+					      len, flags);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				return ret;
+			*sentp += ret;
+			if (ret != len)
+				goto out;
+			remaining -= len;
+			offset = 0;
+			bvec++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (tail->iov_len) {
+		ret = svc_tcp_send_kvec(sock, tail, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		*sentp += ret;
+	}
+
+out:
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * svc_tcp_sendto - Send out a reply on a TCP socket
  * @rqstp: completed svc_rqst
@@ -1089,7 +1173,7 @@ static int svc_tcp_sendto(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	mutex_lock(&xprt->xpt_mutex);
 	if (svc_xprt_is_dead(xprt))
 		goto out_notconn;
-	err = xprt_sock_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, xdr, 0, marker, &sent);
+	err = svc_tcp_sendmsg(svsk->sk_sock, &msg, xdr, marker, &sent);
 	xdr_free_bvec(xdr);
 	trace_svcsock_tcp_send(xprt, err < 0 ? err : sent);
 	if (err < 0 || sent != (xdr->len + sizeof(marker)))