diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index f40a90ca5de6..392d2d2620fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -544,4 +544,23 @@ static inline void svcxdr_set_auth_slack(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, int slack)
 	WARN_ON(xdr->p > xdr->end);
 }
 
+/**
+ * svcxdr_set_accept_stat - Reserve space for the accept_stat field
+ * @rqstp: RPC transaction context
+ *
+ * Return values:
+ *   %true: Success
+ *   %false: No response buffer space was available
+ */
+static inline bool svcxdr_set_accept_stat(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
+{
+	struct xdr_stream *xdr = &rqstp->rq_res_stream;
+
+	rqstp->rq_accept_statp = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, XDR_UNIT);
+	if (unlikely(!rqstp->rq_accept_statp))
+		return false;
+	*rqstp->rq_accept_statp = rpc_success;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif /* SUNRPC_SVC_H */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 01080d4659c3..7e7fda9a3e4e 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ svcauth_gss_legacy_init(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (!svcauth_gss_proc_init_verf(sn->rsc_cache, rqstp, &rsip->out_handle,
 					&rsip->major_status, GSS_SEQ_WIN))
 		goto out;
-	if (xdr_stream_encode_u32(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, RPC_SUCCESS) < 0)
+	if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
 		goto out;
 	if (!svcxdr_encode_gss_init_res(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, &rsip->out_handle,
 					&rsip->out_token, rsip->major_status,
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static int svcauth_gss_proxy_init(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (!svcauth_gss_proc_init_verf(sn->rsc_cache, rqstp, &cli_handle,
 					&ud.major_status, GSS_SEQ_WIN))
 		goto out;
-	if (xdr_stream_encode_u32(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, RPC_SUCCESS) < 0)
+	if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
 		goto out;
 	if (!svcxdr_encode_gss_init_res(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, &cli_handle,
 					&ud.out_token, ud.major_status,
@@ -1640,16 +1640,18 @@ svcauth_gss_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	case RPC_GSS_PROC_DESTROY:
 		if (!svcauth_gss_encode_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, gc->gc_seq))
 			goto auth_err;
+		if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
+			goto auth_err;
 		/* Delete the entry from the cache_list and call cache_put */
 		sunrpc_cache_unhash(sn->rsc_cache, &rsci->h);
-		if (xdr_stream_encode_u32(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, RPC_SUCCESS) < 0)
-			goto auth_err;
 		goto complete;
 	case RPC_GSS_PROC_DATA:
 		rqstp->rq_auth_stat = rpcsec_gsserr_ctxproblem;
 		svcdata->verf_start = xdr_reserve_space(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, 0);
 		if (!svcauth_gss_encode_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, gc->gc_seq))
 			goto auth_err;
+		if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
+			goto auth_err;
 		rqstp->rq_cred = rsci->cred;
 		get_group_info(rsci->cred.cr_group_info);
 		rqstp->rq_auth_stat = rpc_autherr_badcred;
@@ -1706,7 +1708,6 @@ svcauth_gss_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 static __be32 *
 svcauth_gss_prepare_to_wrap(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct gss_svc_data *gsd)
 {
-	struct xdr_buf *resbuf = &rqstp->rq_res;
 	__be32 *p;
 	u32 verf_len;
 
@@ -1721,13 +1722,11 @@ svcauth_gss_prepare_to_wrap(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct gss_svc_data *gsd)
 	p += 1;
 	verf_len = ntohl(*p++);
 	p += XDR_QUADLEN(verf_len);
-	/* move accept_stat to right place: */
-	memcpy(p, p + 2, 4);
-	/* Also don't wrap if the accept stat is nonzero: */
-	if (*p != rpc_success) {
-		resbuf->head[0].iov_len -= 2 * 4;
+
+	/* Also don't wrap if the accept_stat is nonzero: */
+	if (*rqstp->rq_accept_statp != rpc_success)
 		return NULL;
-	}
+
 	p++;
 	return p;
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 16760bc5191f..7b208e063334 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1314,8 +1314,6 @@ svc_process_common(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	trace_svc_process(rqstp, progp->pg_name);
 
 	aoffset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr);
-	rqstp->rq_accept_statp = xdr_reserve_space(&rqstp->rq_res_stream, XDR_UNIT);
-	*rqstp->rq_accept_statp = rpc_success;
 
 	/* un-reserve some of the out-queue now that we have a
 	 * better idea of reply size
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index b101700d155c..62dfc8cdf8c5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ svcauth_null_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque_auth(&rqstp->rq_res_stream,
 					  RPC_AUTH_NULL, NULL, 0) < 0)
 		return SVC_CLOSE;
+	if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 
 	rqstp->rq_cred.cr_flavor = RPC_AUTH_NULL;
 	return SVC_OK;
@@ -866,6 +868,8 @@ svcauth_tls_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 						  RPC_AUTH_NULL, NULL, 0) < 0)
 			return SVC_CLOSE;
 	}
+	if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 
 	rqstp->rq_cred.cr_flavor = RPC_AUTH_TLS;
 	return SVC_OK;
@@ -960,6 +964,8 @@ svcauth_unix_accept(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (xdr_stream_encode_opaque_auth(&rqstp->rq_res_stream,
 					  RPC_AUTH_NULL, NULL, 0) < 0)
 		return SVC_CLOSE;
+	if (!svcxdr_set_accept_stat(rqstp))
+		return SVC_CLOSE;
 
 	rqstp->rq_cred.cr_flavor = RPC_AUTH_UNIX;
 	return SVC_OK;