diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ebfcf9b89909..df1039f077c2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ static inline void
 rpc_task_force_reencode(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	task->tk_rqstp->rq_snd_buf.len = 0;
+	task->tk_rqstp->rq_bytes_sent = 0;
 }
 
 static inline void