diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib.c b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib.c
index 06319699c8..3d2ed4e78d 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2009      IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Intel, Inc. All rights reserved
- * Copyright (c) 2013      NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2015 NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014      Bull SAS.  All rights reserved
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ int mca_btl_openib_sendi( struct mca_btl_base_module_t* btl,
     mca_btl_openib_module_t *obtl = (mca_btl_openib_module_t*)btl;
     size_t size = payload_size + header_size;
     int qp = frag_size_to_order(obtl, size),
-        prio = !(flags & MCA_BTL_DES_FLAGS_PRIORITY),
+        prio = flags & MCA_BTL_DES_FLAGS_PRIORITY,
         ib_rc;
     bool do_rdma = false;
     ompi_free_list_item_t* item = NULL;
diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.c b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.c
index 4b22cff9ac..c26aed6395 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.c
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Intel, Inc. All rights reserved
- * Copyright (c) 2013      NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2015 NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014      Bull SAS.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static inline int acquire_wqe(mca_btl_openib_endpoint_t *ep,
 int mca_btl_openib_endpoint_post_send(mca_btl_openib_endpoint_t *endpoint,
         mca_btl_openib_send_frag_t *frag)
 {
-    int prio = !(to_base_frag(frag)->base.des_flags & MCA_BTL_DES_FLAGS_PRIORITY);
+    int prio = to_base_frag(frag)->base.des_flags & MCA_BTL_DES_FLAGS_PRIORITY;
     mca_btl_openib_header_t *hdr = frag->hdr;
     mca_btl_base_descriptor_t *des = &to_base_frag(frag)->base;
     int qp, ib_rc, rc;
diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.h b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.h
index 6942f27044..ec751c6bec 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.h
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/openib/btl_openib_endpoint.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2014      Bull SAS.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015      NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -641,6 +642,7 @@ static inline int mca_btl_openib_endpoint_credit_acquire (struct mca_btl_base_en
 
     if (!(prio && size < eager_limit && acquire_eager_rdma_send_credit(endpoint) == OPAL_SUCCESS)) {
         *do_rdma = false;
+        prio = !prio;
 
         if (BTL_OPENIB_QP_TYPE_PP(qp)) {
             if (OPAL_THREAD_ADD32(&endpoint->qps[qp].u.pp_qp.sd_credits, -1) < 0) {