diff --git a/src/client/messenger.cpp b/src/client/messenger.cpp
index f11dc2fa..2c3e0293 100644
--- a/src/client/messenger.cpp
+++ b/src/client/messenger.cpp
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void osd_messenger_t::check_peer_config(osd_client_t *cl)
         },
     };
 #ifdef WITH_RDMA
-    if (rdma_contexts.size())
+    if (!use_rdmacm && rdma_contexts.size())
     {
         // Choose the right context for the selected network
         msgr_rdma_context_t *selected_ctx = choose_rdma_context(cl);
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ void osd_messenger_t::check_peer_config(osd_client_t *cl)
             return;
         }
 #ifdef WITH_RDMA
-        if (cl->rdma_conn && config["rdma_address"].is_string())
+        if (!use_rdmacm && cl->rdma_conn && config["rdma_address"].is_string())
         {
             msgr_rdma_address_t addr;
             if (!msgr_rdma_address_t::from_string(config["rdma_address"].string_value().c_str(), &addr) ||
diff --git a/src/client/msgr_rdmacm.cpp b/src/client/msgr_rdmacm.cpp
index de27931e..2e51173a 100644
--- a/src/client/msgr_rdmacm.cpp
+++ b/src/client/msgr_rdmacm.cpp
@@ -522,6 +522,5 @@ void osd_messenger_t::rdmacm_established(rdma_cm_event *ev)
         fprintf(stderr, "Successfully connected with OSD %ju using RDMA-CM\n", peer_osd);
     // Add initial receive request(s)
     try_recv_rdma(cl);
-    osd_peer_fds[peer_osd] = cl->peer_fd;
-    on_connect_peer(peer_osd, cl->peer_fd);
+    check_peer_config(cl);
 }