diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4557bcd..3dd4eb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ xx/xx/2018 autofs-5.1.5
 - initialize struct addrinfo for getaddrinfo() calls.
 - fix quoted string length calc in expandsunent().
 - fix autofs mount options construction.
+- mount_nfs.c fix local rdma share not mounting.
 
 19/12/2017 autofs-5.1.4
 - fix spec file url.
diff --git a/modules/mount_nfs.c b/modules/mount_nfs.c
index 4e3e703..f1b3fb3 100644
--- a/modules/mount_nfs.c
+++ b/modules/mount_nfs.c
@@ -375,9 +375,14 @@ dont_probe:
 		 */
 		if (this->proximity == PROXIMITY_LOCAL) {
 			char *host = this->name ? this->name : "localhost";
-			int ret;
-
-			ret = rpc_ping(host, port, vers, 2, 0, RPC_CLOSE_DEFAULT);
+			int ret = 1;
+
+			/* If we're using RDMA, rpc_ping will fail when
+			 * nfs-server is local. Therefore, don't probe
+			 * when we're using RDMA.
+			 */
+			if(!rdma)
+				ret = rpc_ping(host, port, vers, 2, 0, RPC_CLOSE_DEFAULT);
 			if (ret <= 0)
 				goto next;
 		}