diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 5a830b66f059..0ca8a8ffb47e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static inline void svcxdr_init_encode(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	xdr->end = resv->iov_base + PAGE_SIZE - rqstp->rq_auth_slack;
 	buf->len = resv->iov_len;
 	xdr->page_ptr = buf->pages - 1;
-	buf->buflen = PAGE_SIZE * (1 + rqstp->rq_page_end - buf->pages);
+	buf->buflen = PAGE_SIZE * (rqstp->rq_page_end - buf->pages);
 	buf->buflen -= rqstp->rq_auth_slack;
 	xdr->rqst = NULL;
 }