diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index 2478a69da0f0ccaaa6da791acc9dd511b2beb6bc..e8e825497cbdc6deea12407ce66d5992ee4fcf08 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ filelayout_decode_layout(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *flo,
 		if (unlikely(!p))
 			goto out_err;
 		fl->fh_array[i]->size = be32_to_cpup(p++);
-		if (sizeof(struct nfs_fh) < fl->fh_array[i]->size) {
+		if (fl->fh_array[i]->size > NFS_MAXFHSIZE) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "NFS: Too big fh %d received %d\n",
 			       i, fl->fh_array[i]->size);
 			goto out_err;