diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
index 392ef637e10106ea2901c3c5f72d5fc4b2285667..01c2db769791832b989b738d413cea2ecefcba68 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Nonstandard compound limitations:
   ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may
   fail to live up to the promise we made in CREATE_SESSION fore channel
   negotiation.
-* No more than one IO operation (read, write, readdir) allowed per
-  compound.
+* No more than one read-like operation allowed per compound; encoding
+  replies that cross page boundaries (except for read data) not handled.
 
 See also http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues.
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 1d2396b79574106806f845143bf2f59144dd73ac..87d24e5f3ca438076da4bdbdc34123c02248990e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -881,6 +881,24 @@ nfsd4_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	return status;
 }
 
+static int fill_in_write_vector(struct kvec *vec, struct nfsd4_write *write)
+{
+        int i = 1;
+        int buflen = write->wr_buflen;
+
+        vec[0].iov_base = write->wr_head.iov_base;
+        vec[0].iov_len = min_t(int, buflen, write->wr_head.iov_len);
+        buflen -= vec[0].iov_len;
+
+        while (buflen) {
+                vec[i].iov_base = page_address(write->wr_pagelist[i - 1]);
+                vec[i].iov_len = min_t(int, PAGE_SIZE, buflen);
+                buflen -= vec[i].iov_len;
+                i++;
+        }
+        return i;
+}
+
 static __be32
 nfsd4_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	    struct nfsd4_write *write)
@@ -889,6 +907,7 @@ nfsd4_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	struct file *filp = NULL;
 	__be32 status = nfs_ok;
 	unsigned long cnt;
+	int nvecs;
 
 	/* no need to check permission - this will be done in nfsd_write() */
 
@@ -911,8 +930,11 @@ nfsd4_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	write->wr_how_written = write->wr_stable_how;
 	gen_boot_verifier(&write->wr_verifier);
 
+	nvecs = fill_in_write_vector(rqstp->rq_vec, write);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(nvecs > ARRAY_SIZE(rqstp->rq_vec));
+
 	status =  nfsd_write(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, filp,
-			     write->wr_offset, rqstp->rq_vec, write->wr_vlen,
+			     write->wr_offset, rqstp->rq_vec, nvecs,
 			     &cnt, &write->wr_how_written);
 	if (filp)
 		fput(filp);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index cb9f9017af8ff35c322ea0273e97c219d3ddc5e2..09204f59035589543056b07383c340cf17332030 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1139,24 +1139,6 @@ nfsd4_decode_verify(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_verify *verify
 	DECODE_TAIL;
 }
 
-static int fill_in_write_vector(struct kvec *vec, struct nfsd4_write *write)
-{
-	int i = 1;
-	int buflen = write->wr_buflen;
-
-	vec[0].iov_base = write->wr_head.iov_base;
-	vec[0].iov_len = min_t(int, buflen, write->wr_head.iov_len);
-	buflen -= vec[0].iov_len;
-
-	while (buflen) {
-		vec[i].iov_base = page_address(write->wr_pagelist[i - 1]);
-		vec[i].iov_len = min_t(int, PAGE_SIZE, buflen);
-		buflen -= vec[i].iov_len;
-		i++;
-	}
-	return i;
-}
-
 static __be32
 nfsd4_decode_write(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_write *write)
 {
@@ -1204,8 +1186,6 @@ nfsd4_decode_write(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, struct nfsd4_write *write)
 		argp->end = argp->p + XDR_QUADLEN(PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 	argp->p += XDR_QUADLEN(len);
-	write->wr_vlen = fill_in_write_vector(argp->rqstp->rq_vec, write);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(write->wr_vlen > ARRAY_SIZE(argp->rqstp->rq_vec));
 
 	DECODE_TAIL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 152867b8125dd6fbf03009be5bc9a42aadca9dd4..331f8a3277ab1596ab302c0356a1e67cd25a439c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ struct nfsd4_write {
 	u64		wr_offset;          /* request */
 	u32		wr_stable_how;      /* request */
 	u32		wr_buflen;          /* request */
-	int		wr_vlen;
 	struct kvec	wr_head;
 	struct page **	wr_pagelist;        /* request */