diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 2d305a121f3793685e81475c7b51b308d7af2dc4..83baf2bfe9e9c54642c738435fc771704c9fec3d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2687,6 +2687,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_dirent(void *ccdv, const char *name, int namlen,
 		nfserr = nfserr_toosmall;
 		goto fail;
 	case nfserr_noent:
+		xdr_truncate_encode(xdr, start_offset);
 		goto skip_entry;
 	default:
 		/*