diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 37421dd4805d0247cf6ee51d84b7d19c6afe7c8e..2b519f6325f97e1d41d763c0c4f7119c5de0de3b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3481,7 +3481,7 @@ static int decode_readdir(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct rpc_rqst *req, struct n
 	size_t		hdrlen;
 	u32		recvd, pglen = rcvbuf->page_len;
 	__be32		*end, *entry, *p, *kaddr;
-	unsigned int	nr;
+	unsigned int	nr = 0;
 	int		status;
 
 	status = decode_op_hdr(xdr, OP_READDIR);
@@ -3505,7 +3505,12 @@ static int decode_readdir(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct rpc_rqst *req, struct n
 	kaddr = p = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 	end = p + ((pglen + readdir->pgbase) >> 2);
 	entry = p;
-	for (nr = 0; *p++; nr++) {
+
+	/* Make sure the packet actually has a value_follows and EOF entry */
+	if ((entry + 1) > end)
+		goto short_pkt;
+
+	for (; *p++; nr++) {
 		u32 len, attrlen, xlen;
 		if (end - p < 3)
 			goto short_pkt;
@@ -3532,20 +3537,32 @@ static int decode_readdir(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct rpc_rqst *req, struct n
 		p += attrlen;		/* attributes */
 		entry = p;
 	}
-	if (!nr && (entry[0] != 0 || entry[1] == 0))
-		goto short_pkt;
+	/*
+	 * Apparently some server sends responses that are a valid size, but
+	 * contain no entries, and have value_follows==0 and EOF==0. For
+	 * those, just set the EOF marker.
+	 */
+	if (!nr && entry[1] == 0) {
+		dprintk("NFS: readdir reply truncated!\n");
+		entry[1] = 1;
+	}
 out:	
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
 	return 0;
 short_pkt:
+	/*
+	 * When we get a short packet there are 2 possibilities. We can
+	 * return an error, or fix up the response to look like a valid
+	 * response and return what we have so far. If there are no
+	 * entries and the packet was short, then return -EIO. If there
+	 * are valid entries in the response, return them and pretend that
+	 * the call was successful, but incomplete. The caller can retry the
+	 * readdir starting at the last cookie.
+	 */
 	dprintk("%s: short packet at entry %d\n", __FUNCTION__, nr);
 	entry[0] = entry[1] = 0;
-	/* truncate listing ? */
-	if (!nr) {
-		dprintk("NFS: readdir reply truncated!\n");
-		entry[1] = 1;
-	}
-	goto out;
+	if (nr)
+		goto out;
 err_unmap:
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
 	return -errno_NFSERR_IO;