diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
index c8e70cf69a8ab73af2aaf5777ddd460e008ff4e5..2769ebdf89fb605a8071f2e0142d3b4f16cd2769 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/qp.c
@@ -2393,11 +2393,12 @@ static inline unsigned long rvt_aeth_to_usec(u32 aeth)
 }
 
 /*
- *  rvt_add_retry_timer - add/start a retry timer
+ *  rvt_add_retry_timer_ext - add/start a retry timer
  *  @qp - the QP
+ *  @shift - timeout shift to wait for multiple packets
  *  add a retry timer on the QP
  */
-void rvt_add_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
+void rvt_add_retry_timer_ext(struct rvt_qp *qp, u8 shift)
 {
 	struct ib_qp *ibqp = &qp->ibqp;
 	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(ibqp->device);
@@ -2405,11 +2406,11 @@ void rvt_add_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&qp->s_lock);
 	qp->s_flags |= RVT_S_TIMER;
        /* 4.096 usec. * (1 << qp->timeout) */
-	qp->s_timer.expires = jiffies + qp->timeout_jiffies +
-			     rdi->busy_jiffies;
+	qp->s_timer.expires = jiffies + rdi->busy_jiffies +
+			      (qp->timeout_jiffies << shift);
 	add_timer(&qp->s_timer);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rvt_add_retry_timer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rvt_add_retry_timer_ext);
 
 /**
  * rvt_add_rnr_timer - add/start an rnr timer
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
index 168e40be183cd57c54ec8216ebc376a46c680f45..87d66c9630d7cdc21453f66ba745ca8a88657627 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_vt.h
@@ -574,9 +574,10 @@ static inline struct rvt_qp *rvt_lookup_qpn(struct rvt_dev_info *rdi,
 /**
  * rvt_mod_retry_timer - mod a retry timer
  * @qp - the QP
+ * @shift - timeout shift to wait for multiple packets
  * Modify a potentially already running retry timer
  */
-static inline void rvt_mod_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
+static inline void rvt_mod_retry_timer_ext(struct rvt_qp *qp, u8 shift)
 {
 	struct ib_qp *ibqp = &qp->ibqp;
 	struct rvt_dev_info *rdi = ib_to_rvt(ibqp->device);
@@ -584,8 +585,13 @@ static inline void rvt_mod_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&qp->s_lock);
 	qp->s_flags |= RVT_S_TIMER;
 	/* 4.096 usec. * (1 << qp->timeout) */
-	mod_timer(&qp->s_timer, jiffies + qp->timeout_jiffies +
-		  rdi->busy_jiffies);
+	mod_timer(&qp->s_timer, jiffies + rdi->busy_jiffies +
+		  (qp->timeout_jiffies << shift));
+}
+
+static inline void rvt_mod_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
+{
+	return rvt_mod_retry_timer_ext(qp, 0);
 }
 
 struct rvt_dev_info *rvt_alloc_device(size_t size, int nports);
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
index 9095a0b712509ecaae00a6bb6730c66e6e9acb2e..d8d88d0230921862eff80a71b4ccd369007f850b 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdmavt_qp.h
@@ -688,7 +688,11 @@ enum hrtimer_restart rvt_rc_rnr_retry(struct hrtimer *t);
 void rvt_add_rnr_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp, u32 aeth);
 void rvt_del_timers_sync(struct rvt_qp *qp);
 void rvt_stop_rc_timers(struct rvt_qp *qp);
-void rvt_add_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp);
+void rvt_add_retry_timer_ext(struct rvt_qp *qp, u8 shift);
+static inline void rvt_add_retry_timer(struct rvt_qp *qp)
+{
+	rvt_add_retry_timer_ext(qp, 0);
+}
 
 void rvt_copy_sge(struct rvt_qp *qp, struct rvt_sge_state *ss,
 		  void *data, u32 length,