diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index 4df61a515b83..b0acd45a9d42 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 
 #include "rds.h"
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
  * it to 0 will restore the old behavior (where we looped until we had
  * drained the queue).
  */
-static int send_batch_count = 64;
+static int send_batch_count = SZ_1K;
 module_param(send_batch_count, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(send_batch_count, " batch factor when working the send queue");
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ restart:
 			 * through a lot of messages, lets back off and see
 			 * if anyone else jumps in
 			 */
-			if (batch_count >= 1024)
+			if (batch_count >= send_batch_count)
 				goto over_batch;
 
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&conn->c_lock, flags);
@@ -423,7 +424,9 @@ over_batch:
 		     !list_empty(&conn->c_send_queue)) &&
 		    send_gen == conn->c_send_gen) {
 			rds_stats_inc(s_send_lock_queue_raced);
-			goto restart;
+			if (batch_count < send_batch_count)
+				goto restart;
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_send_w, 1);
 		}
 	}
 out: