diff --git a/prov/shm/src/smr.h b/prov/shm/src/smr.h
index 52c534097e1..d4287fdba88 100644
--- a/prov/shm/src/smr.h
+++ b/prov/shm/src/smr.h
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ struct smr_ep {
 	struct smr_tx_fs	*tx_fs;
 	struct dlist_entry	sar_list;
 	struct dlist_entry	ipc_cpy_pend_list;
+	size_t			min_multi_recv_size;
 
 	int			ep_idx;
 	enum ofi_shm_p2p_type	p2p_type;
diff --git a/prov/shm/src/smr_ep.c b/prov/shm/src/smr_ep.c
index dd3d7f53f07..82bc95200b1 100644
--- a/prov/shm/src/smr_ep.c
+++ b/prov/shm/src/smr_ep.c
@@ -128,14 +128,12 @@ int smr_ep_setopt(fid_t fid, int level, int optname, const void *optval,
 {
 	struct smr_ep *smr_ep =
 		container_of(fid, struct smr_ep, util_ep.ep_fid);
-	struct util_srx_ctx *srx;
 
 	if (level != FI_OPT_ENDPOINT)
 		return -FI_ENOPROTOOPT;
 
 	if (optname == FI_OPT_MIN_MULTI_RECV) {
-		srx = smr_ep->srx->ep_fid.fid.context;
-		srx->min_multi_recv_size = *(size_t *)optval;
+		smr_ep->min_multi_recv_size = *(size_t *)optval;
 		return FI_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -1146,7 +1144,7 @@ static int smr_ep_ctrl(struct fid *fid, int command, void *arg)
 					      util_domain.domain_fid);
 			ret = util_ep_srx_context(&domain->util_domain,
 					ep->rx_size, SMR_IOV_LIMIT,
-					SMR_INJECT_SIZE, &smr_update,
+					ep->min_multi_recv_size, &smr_update,
 					&ep->util_ep.lock, &srx);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
@@ -1308,6 +1306,8 @@ int smr_endpoint(struct fid_domain *domain, struct fi_info *info,
 	dlist_init(&ep->sar_list);
 	dlist_init(&ep->ipc_cpy_pend_list);
 
+	ep->min_multi_recv_size = SMR_INJECT_SIZE;
+
 	ep->util_ep.ep_fid.fid.ops = &smr_ep_fi_ops;
 	ep->util_ep.ep_fid.ops = &smr_ep_ops;
 	ep->util_ep.ep_fid.cm = &smr_cm_ops;