diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index 7a77844aab16..3574508baf9a 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ recheck_state:
 
 	now = ktime_get_real();
 	if (ktime_before(call->expire_at, now)) {
-		rxrpc_abort_call("EXP", call, 0, RX_CALL_TIMEOUT, -ETIME);
+		rxrpc_abort_call("EXP", call, 0, RX_USER_ABORT, -ETIME);
 		set_bit(RXRPC_CALL_EV_ABORT, &call->events);
 		goto recheck_state;
 	}
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
index 1e37eb1c0c66..1b592073ec96 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c
@@ -298,8 +298,6 @@ static bool rxrpc_end_tx_phase(struct rxrpc_call *call, bool reply_begun,
 
 	write_unlock(&call->state_lock);
 	if (call->state == RXRPC_CALL_CLIENT_AWAIT_REPLY) {
-		rxrpc_propose_ACK(call, RXRPC_ACK_IDLE, 0, 0, false, true,
-				  rxrpc_propose_ack_client_tx_end);
 		trace_rxrpc_transmit(call, rxrpc_transmit_await_reply);
 	} else {
 		trace_rxrpc_transmit(call, rxrpc_transmit_end);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/output.c b/net/rxrpc/output.c
index 8ee8b2d4a3eb..f47659c7b224 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/output.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/output.c
@@ -222,6 +222,16 @@ int rxrpc_send_abort_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call)
 	rxrpc_serial_t serial;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Don't bother sending aborts for a client call once the server has
+	 * hard-ACK'd all of its request data.  After that point, we're not
+	 * going to stop the operation proceeding, and whilst we might limit
+	 * the reply, it's not worth it if we can send a new call on the same
+	 * channel instead, thereby closing off this call.
+	 */
+	if (rxrpc_is_client_call(call) &&
+	    test_bit(RXRPC_CALL_TX_LAST, &call->flags))
+		return 0;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&call->lock);
 	if (call->conn)
 		conn = rxrpc_get_connection_maybe(call->conn);